Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	57.7% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 11:56
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

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 FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 429 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3034) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 49.4 33% 42.4 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 36 Splatting 39.7 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 172 175 176 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 345 Write 167 Mixed 170 SusWrite 171 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 12.7 91% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 65.7 76% 129 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 71%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 105GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 160 161 162 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 425 Write 162 Mixed 217 SusWrite 156 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 37.5 137% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 178 138% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 439GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 126 126 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 757GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 153 152 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 146 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 153 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.7 453% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingmax FLGE85F-C8KJ9A CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingmax FLGE85F-C8KJ9A 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 49%

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Gaming 34%

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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	209x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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