Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:37
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 139 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 466 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 347.88 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 240GB 463 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1180 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 924 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13697284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2609 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9552	55.1% Above average	Read 478 Write 240 Mixed 122 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 6.32 65% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 22.6 28% 51 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 79%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	208x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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