Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 05:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8350-$122 59,321 User benchmarks - Average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	SC Int 80.9 SC Float 73.6 SC Mixed 78.1 62% 77.5 Pts	QC Int 307 QC Float 264 QC Mixed 292 65% 288 Pts	MC Int 543 MC Float 465 MC Mixed 531 77% 513 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$275 157,453 User benchmarks - Average bench 63% EVGA(3842 3978) MaxC: 1531 MHz, MaxM: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 218 Reflection 187 Parallax 206 64% 204 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 200 Splatting 135 78% 164 fps
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 495 User benchmarks - Average bench 86% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 9181 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3452 (0A) Spinup retry count 159 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1336 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3370 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684576793 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1619 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 176 Mixed 139 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.84 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.29 139% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 2,299 User benchmarks - Average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 147 11400 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1334 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1314 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (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 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 174 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 2 User benchmarks - Average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD $122Bench 57%, 59,321 samples	3,112x
FX-9590AMD $140Bench 63%, 5,524 samples	672x
FX-8320AMD $111Bench 52%, 25,084 samples	572x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $275Bench 63%, 157,453 samples	691x
R9 280XAMD $270Bench 48%, 23,286 samples	305x
GTX 1070Nvidia $368Bench 100%, 107,653 samples	268x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 95%, 109,243 samples	435x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 97%, 70,771 samples	356x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $148Bench 81%, 35,247 samples	292x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $119Bench 59%, 14,352 samples	251x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsair $64Bench 49%, 13,151 samples	108x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 2,814 samples	101x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $309	Nvidia GTX 1070 $368	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i5-7600K $229	AMD RX 480 $227	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $132
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $300	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $127	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $700	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $46	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $136	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12