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 (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	6120 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 156 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 508 48% 396 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 65.1 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 59.3 53% 64.8 fps	Gravity 63.2 Splatting 56 52% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34391130515 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 445 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 64 274879021089 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1163937972495 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1483 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4381 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3790 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5637 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 393 Write 222 Mixed 252 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 18.9 96% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 49.9 DQ Mixed 11.3 17% 31 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 107%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 91 1988 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25576 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 171799871514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 39609 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 175 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1622914	58.1% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 103 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 132%

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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	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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