Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	29.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 67 2-Core 128 58% 93 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 362 36% 295 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.1% Good	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 101 55% 91.5 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 91.5 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 40.2 28% 35.1 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 26.8 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 259 294 272 261 296 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.5% Above average	Read 182 Write 98 Mixed 165 SusWrite 275 41% 180 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 22.7 81% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 30.3 30% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 732GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 297 316 299 293 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66% Good	Read 328 Write 322 Mixed 291 SusWrite 303 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 31.5 101% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 51.7 42% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 289 310 295 289 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 329 Write 310 Mixed 218 SusWrite 298 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 27.7 97% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 37.1 36% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 97 97 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 96.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 97 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 54%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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 $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