Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 134 61% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 411 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% XFX(1682 9C30) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 141 80% 109 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 126 90% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 59GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 104 19 68 7.4 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.7% Above average	Read 314 Write 128 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 46 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 25.9 116% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.3 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 65 59% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 494GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 106 17 65 12 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 423 Write 429 Mixed 150 SusWrite 44.9 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 3.3 23% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 7.3 DQ Write 24.7 DQ Mixed 10.6 10% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 176%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16