Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 23:52
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 137 58% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 362 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 72.4 68% 80.1 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 66 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 326 252 249 248 249 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 428 Write 381 Mixed 298 SusWrite 265 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 29.9 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 224 169% 225 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 298 223 229 220 211 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 375 Write 350 Mixed 331 SusWrite 241 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 29.9 96% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 226 162% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 11.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,672 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	863x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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