Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 04:16
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 71 2-Core 136 62% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 449 43% 357 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 62 Parallax 89.5 54% 72.5 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 78 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7715 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2100 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20223790095
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 8208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2879 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77691 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 31 (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	78.7% Very good	Read 156 Write 118 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%
Maxtor S TM3500630AS 500GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 92GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 90 138130479 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 83958219 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9457 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 571670562 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 55 117160442 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.5% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 48.4 37% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.28 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 42%
Seagate ST96812AS 60GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 55GB free Firmware: 3.14 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78830805 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6316 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437125145 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 125043 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 46 45521421 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.6% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 39.7 Mixed 37.9 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 23%
Hitachi HTS543225A7A384 250GB 2,305 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 14GB free Firmware: ESBO Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7528 (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 66 66 14939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4767 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 196608 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 224029 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 158914445337 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	16.2% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 22.8 Mixed 25.3 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

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

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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