Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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.
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 138 60% 98 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 458 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 168 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196618 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 674	65.1% Good	Read 501 Write 327 Mixed 336 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 9.39 65% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 8.23 43% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 24004199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 19559281086588 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2204 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1835 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 13 13 87 (BD) vendor-specific 31 71 51544260639 (C2) HDA temperature 31 71 51544260639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24004199 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24004199 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24004199 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 51118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21924 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21924 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28323	55.9% Above average	Read 482 Write 135 Mixed 177 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 10.6 75% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 9.5 45% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 604GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 33 33 4015 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12957 (05) Reallocated sector count 84 84 461 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 12821 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13994 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13994 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 244813987872 (C4) Reallocation count 74 74 631 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 140 Write 162 Mixed 166 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 64%

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

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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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 $273	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 $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 $45	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