Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '19 at 18:38
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 85 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 94 50% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 187 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 13 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.8 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM841 2.5" 256GB 1,340 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 223 233 218 214 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 422 Write 136 Mixed 156 SusWrite 212 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 23.7 108% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 53 73% 138 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 115 113 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 114 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 71%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 97GB free Firmware: 02.03B04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 84 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 97.5 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 84.1 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 64%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 02.03B04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 72 SusWrite 77.8 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 175 172 177 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 143 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 173 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 57GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 71.3 Write 68 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 73.6 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 57%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 926GB free Firmware: AX1P2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 117 115 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 38 SusWrite 116 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 13.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	864x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16