Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 05:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 62.2 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 88.2 43% 68 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 165 20% 156 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 58.7 50% 61.4 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 52.5 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP M700 120GB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1017A1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 222 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B0) Unknown 100 100 100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 57148 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45919 (F3) Unknown 100 100 44294	68.7% Good	Read 429 Write 404 Mixed 427 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 8.68 86% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 8.81 23% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 100 28791584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 68453 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 71 487784471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 73014444055 (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 45114336477187 (F1) Unknown 100 253 938578998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5854824	96.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 180 Mixed 167 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8483 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4388 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4352 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	89.3% Excellent	Read 171 Write 140 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.56 156% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 16.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.7 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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