Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.4% 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	The 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.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 66.7 2-Core 133 57% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 412 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 75.8 53% 66.4 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 74.6 52% 61.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 709GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3641 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 183413 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.7% Good	Read 130 Write 91.5 Mixed 95 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.15 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122785008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4528589876 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2371 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590262294 (BD) vendor-specific 31 31 69 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 622198819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31779 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97886599632628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38326652004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42625705223	93.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 156 Mixed 160 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 76%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	208x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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