Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
ProcessorWith 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH 990FX  (all builds)
Memory6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110822
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateApr 14 '21 at 01:58
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240
AM3r2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Memory 83.9
1-Core 50.3
2-Core 97.3
50% 77.2 Pts
4-Core 168
8-Core 260
26% 214 Pts
64-Core 272
17% 272 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 64%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.2
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.9% Very poor
Lighting 0.2
Reflection 67.4
Parallax 108
0% 58.6 fps
MRender 54.9
Gravity 69.3
Splatting 40.5
44% 54.9 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 14.9%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GN001A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 19 8.2 8.3 7.6 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Read 32.3
Write 44.1
Mixed 15.9
SusWrite 13.2
19% 26.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
65GB free
Firmware: 16.01H16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 81 81 81 80 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 47.2
Write 95.4
Mixed 63.4
SusWrite 81
53% 71.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
61GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 94
Mixed 36.7
49% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
84GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 121 134 142 144 152 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Read 163
Write 134
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 139
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.2% Below average
MC Read 14.1
MC Write 6.7
MC Mixed 12.4
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 5.7
SC Mixed 8
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 73.7
54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $527
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