Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 01:55
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 440 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2761) 3GB CLim: 840 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 47.2 30% 37.2 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 33.3 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 1,009 Mixed 1,033 254% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 25.5 163% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.7 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 25.1 45% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 254%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 20GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125129577208915 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2562 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 49 90197524514 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 281710 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 72 72 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 281710 (F2) Unknown 100 100 323888 (F9) Unknown 100 100 192773	66% Good	Read 475 Write 231 Mixed 303 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 18.2 84% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 7.39 51% 119 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 11GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -100493644776221 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 53 85902819356 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 126459 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 78 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 126459 (F2) Unknown 100 100 136543 (F9) Unknown 100 100 153326	63.4% Good	Read 484 Write 225 Mixed 300 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.1 78% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 8.61 53% 121 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 91%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 184 184 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 15 (C2) HDA temperature 120 119 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 144 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 534GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1484 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40135 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 129 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.23 110% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 175GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34386936219 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12682 (05) Reallocated sector count 56 56 961 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2627 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12694 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569806370 (C4) Reallocation count 50 50 1076 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56% Above average	Read 128 Write 66.6 Mixed 115 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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