Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 18:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 109 55% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 303 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2010) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 21.9 Parallax 24.9 25% 25.9 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 28.8 20% 24.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 78 82 78 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 89.7 Write 95.3 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 76.2 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 218GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 57.3 Write 38.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 113 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 909GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 65.7 Write 33.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 74.5 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 513GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 133 136 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 106 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 13.3 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.2 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.3% 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%

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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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