Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.4% 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.

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

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '23 at 22:01
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 104 50% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 367 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 59.9 37% 47.1 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 24.7 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 268 268 303 306 308 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.4% Good	Read 258 Write 270 Mixed 231 SusWrite 283 59% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 25.2 80% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 163 125% 168 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 107%
MG04ACA600E 6TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 171GB free Firmware: FS3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 66 55 67 48 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 152 Write 36 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 53.2 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 113%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3.3 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 5,736 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.2 1,026% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 143 4K Mixed 0 8,931% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 369GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 79 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 92.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 78.9 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 527GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 64 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 58.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 62.7 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion SW 4TB 384 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1801 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 165 168 181 188 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 91%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 458GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 80 80 82 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 156 Write 131 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 81.4 147% 114 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.7 312% 4.1 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 0.7 314% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 65%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	866x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
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 $76Bench 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	29x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16