Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '16 at 05:06
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 71 2-Core 130 59% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 434 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 3199) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 4.87 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 3.81 4% 4.82 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15220 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (A5) Unknown 100 100 126447 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 159 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 42 206159806506 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 106 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 610 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6834440473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3508722788	39.8% Below average	Read 414 Write 251 Mixed 312 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 4.43 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 6.92 22% 7.99 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 13.1 DQ Mixed 6.91 8% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 698GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 228 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 38 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 86 Mixed 87.1 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.37 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 320GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 298 (03) Spinup time 200 162 4975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1489 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 70272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1505 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 37 (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	35.1% Below average	Read 60 Write 62 Mixed 60.4 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 223GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 222 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2331 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2331 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 79.6 Write 76.4 Mixed 81 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.41 123% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 76%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 55GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 251 221 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 3 71115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 41 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.3% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 42.6 Mixed 45.5 33% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 106%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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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) $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