Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '21 at 23:54
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 137 60% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 415 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 120 94% 107 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 218 235 272 247 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 451 Write 369 Mixed 294 SusWrite 249 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 24.9 86% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 45 DQ Mixed 124 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 114%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 24TB 4.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 6.7 7.2 5.8 4.7 5.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.9% Below average	Read 174 Write 11.5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 5.7 39% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 1.1 MB/s

TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 30 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 122 Write 30.7 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 32.5 60% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	32"	1280 701	WET0030 WD55UDR101

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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 $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