Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.5% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 8 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 05:23
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-6100-$54 14,447 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	SC Int 72.9 SC Float 67.7 SC Mixed 70.7 56% 70.4 Pts	QC Int 256 QC Float 234 QC Mixed 255 56% 248 Pts	MC Int 354 MC Float 302 MC Mixed 359 51% 338 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 19,647 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB CLim: 1021 MHz, MLim: 1207 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 107 32% 94.5 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 85.8 33% 78.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 39%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS13 11 240GB SSD 211 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 145GB free Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 159 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85	87.5% Excellent	Read 521 Write 481 Mixed 483 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 14.7 103% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 69.2 80% 138 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 34,506 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 51%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 2,272 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD $109Bench 56%, 106,563 samples	618x
FX-8150AMD $183Bench 51%, 7,769 samples	388x
FX-8120AMDBench 45%, 8,999 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 265,166 samples	197x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 71%, 236,054 samples	114x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	100x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	120x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	107x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $158Bench 79%, 69,581 samples	50x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 17,331 samples	1,229x
8GBUnknownBench 36%, 34,506 samples	647x
32GBUnknownBench 48%, 1,076 samples	123x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12