Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	26.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121016
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 02:07
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 85.3 43% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 187 21% 163 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Zotac(19DA 1255) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.98 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.6% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 36.9 24% 26.8 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 40 Splatting 33.9 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 282 Write 67.9 Mixed 116 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 22.1 67% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 84.9 64% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 70%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 23GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 58 59 56 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 68 Write 68.5 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 55.7 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 55%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 49GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 14 14 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 100 Write 14.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 12.9 31% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 38% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 39%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 2TB 3.5TB free, PID 0c15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.9 7.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.1% Very poor	Read 50.9 Write 34.1 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 6.8 37% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 76% 1.1 MB/s

ST310003 40AS 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 634GB free, PID 0c15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 5.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.8% Very poor	Read 50.9 Write 33.3 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 1.5 33% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 62% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 19%
WDC WD10 EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 60GB free, PID 0c15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.7% Terrible	Read 32.8 Write 33.9 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 0.2 28% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.7% Great: 17%
ST310003 40AS 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free, PID 0c15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 31 33 32 32 33 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 349 Write 4 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 30.5 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Mixed 0 117% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16