Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.3% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 95.4 47% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 294 28% 232 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 37.5 36% 41.8 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 34.5 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 87 67 52 59 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 379 Write 253 Mixed 273 SusWrite 84 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 23.4 80% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 158 136% 199 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 91%
Seagate ST925032 0AS 250GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 5GB free Firmware: HP07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 42 44 38 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 38.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 41 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 39%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 112GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 54.6 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 141GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 145 144 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 124 Mixed 32 SusWrite 145 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 41GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 74 65 65 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 89.3 Write 62.7 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 77.4 92% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	119x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	75x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $140Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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