Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 104 57% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 362 34% 284 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1404 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.38% Terrible	Lighting 0.17 Reflection 0.62 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.35 fps	MRender 0.14 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 0.48 1% 1.08 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 0.38% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8319482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -128428112075324 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1891 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 664 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 82 17185243170 (C2) HDA temperature 34 82 17185243170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8319482 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8319482 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8319482 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14599 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6603 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6603 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11213	58.1% Above average	Read 468 Write 182 Mixed 272 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 10.4 76% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 49.1 63% 113 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243933040 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4333151594 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1957 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 62 59 65064337446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78203 (C2) HDA temperature 38 41 -140737488355290 (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 48485885809894 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7052623313 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12696022861	93.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 158 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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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