Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '24 at 20:18
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 147 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 442 45% 363 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX Vega 369 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.3.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 101 Parallax 152 83% 118 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 116 Splatting 76 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,639 Write 3,035 Mixed 3,141 729% 3,272 MB/s	4K Read 213 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 111 534% 152 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 494 372% 502 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 198 196 189 157 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 472 Write 381 Mixed 288 SusWrite 184 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 36.1 123% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 160 137% 202 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 90GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 208 208 206 195 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 473 Write 435 Mixed 387 SusWrite 205 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 41.8 144% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 225 171% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 134%
WDC WDS200T1R0A-68A4W0 2TB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 378GB free Firmware: 411010WR SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 173 184 184 195 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 442 Write 430 Mixed 354 SusWrite 182 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 30.2 112% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 180 150% 216 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	54	60	24.1"	1280 720	DELF016 DELL U2410

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	868x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

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	85x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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