Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '17 at 05:40
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 133 60% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 405 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 86.9 58% 73.1 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 77.2 56% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 80GB free Firmware: 3.02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6476 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2185 (E8) Unknown 100 100 235374 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	39.3% Below average	Read 204 Write 239 Mixed 200 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 7.01 52% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 7.72 14% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 96%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9418473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -86268713094085 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3049 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 518 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9418473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9418473 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9418473 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13932 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13932 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6839	41.2% Average	Read 183 Write 101 Mixed 136 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 12.9 74% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 45.7 59% 106 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 240GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 121 (03) Spinup time 119 119 38686032355 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5900 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10567 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 261993660458 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.5% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 75.6 50% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 212GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 144 144 13756 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 10 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2873 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 190 190 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 68 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 181 173 3937	54.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 73.1 Mixed 107 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.45 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 234GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8285 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 67 Mixed 76.1 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $130Bench 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 $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