Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '22 at 19:54
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 382 40% 320 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 64.5 47% 62.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 52.9 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 308 341 333 335 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 414 Write 374 Mixed 362 SusWrite 319 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 30.5 100% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 223 176% 243 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 123%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 316GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 117 117 120 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 77%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 488GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 65.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 72.7 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 203GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 81.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 74.5 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 389GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 79.2 Write 84 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 87 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%
WDC WD10 02FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 735GB free, PID 0277 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 15 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 50.7 Write 23.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 14.4 33% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1 42% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 17%
ST350031 2CS 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 0277 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 14 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 24.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 14.3 28% 21 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.7 35% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	119x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	75x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16