Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.7% 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)
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 117 53% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 244 27% 214 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 85.8 56% 75.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 57.8 52% 65 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 403GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 57 184684970024 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 285380656 (F7) Unknown 100 100 8929343 (F8) Unknown 100 100 488102 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1933 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 455 Write 326 Mixed 335 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 20 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 44.7 56% 102 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 99%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14213428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 94910187311803 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 395 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 60132556831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14213428 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14213428 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14213428 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6425 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4296 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4296 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4105	66.3% Good	Read 485 Write 195 Mixed 234 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 19.1 96% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 58.9 68% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	208x
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 $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) $35	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