Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.07% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 10:26
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.65 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 159 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 495 49% 400 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 36FF) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.07% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 12 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 13.3 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.07% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1898831671
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 933GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14499 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 86.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 84.2 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 83%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 596GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 135 3716 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3940 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 137 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 87%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 186GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 135 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4055 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 144 Write 94.7 Mixed 124 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 87%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 256GB-$126 448 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 204GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 250 Write 194 Mixed 178 255% 208 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.18 39% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 99%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 6GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 199 Write 27.3 Mixed 48.5 84% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.95 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.04 44% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 51%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	33% Below average	Read 144 Write 25.7 Mixed 40.5 67% 70 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 6.24 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%

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Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	37x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	22x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 6,948 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16