Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140408
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 13 '16 at 04:59
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 89.4
1-Core 78.8
2-Core 154
65% 107 Pts
4-Core 292
8-Core 488
48% 390 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.2% Good
Lighting 76.1
Reflection 62.7
Parallax 81.4
62% 73.4 fps
MRender 63.2
Gravity 59.9
Splatting 80.3
57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 57%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
846GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Read 181
Write 123
Mixed 126
107% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.43
119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.7% Poor
MC Read 10.3
MC Write 9.7
MC Mixed 8.2
27% 9.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 6.9
SC Mixed 9
25% 8.67 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 29.7%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $630
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