Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 23:21
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 115 46% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 333 33% 270 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 86 76% 90.2 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 73.5 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 259 261 283 288 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 348 Write 300 Mixed 309 SusWrite 263 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 33.4 109% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 179 138% 191 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 133%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 332GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 155 160 155 159 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 155 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 317GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 86 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 81.5 Write 50 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 87.9 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 113%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 68GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 123 115 123 118 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 157 Write 25 Mixed 45.4 SusWrite 119 63% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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