Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	50.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 81 2-Core 165 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 506 49% 405 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 200F) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 386 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 322	50.9% Above average	Read 376 Write 262 Mixed 201 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 8.93 63% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 54.1 DQ Mixed 10.5 17% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 101%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 303GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 329 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 368	52% Above average	Read 381 Write 265 Mixed 213 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 9 65% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 55.6 DQ Mixed 10.2 17% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.4% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.1 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 109%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 Builds (Compare 95 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	37x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	22x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 6,948 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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