Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41.2% 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	31.9% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 55.5 2-Core 109 52% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 200 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 0509) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.2% Average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 65.9 40% 59.8 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 48.9 Splatting 51.3 44% 53.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 2669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 201863987228 (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 5847025333 (F7) Unknown 100 100 183542380 (F8) Unknown 100 100 56314928 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1946 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	31.9% Below average	Read 163 Write 98 Mixed 101 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 11.8 61% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 12.1 15% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 99%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1390 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 265 (A9) Unknown 100 100 213 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 136 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 40 171799085083 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1077 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17772 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7300 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5579 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78.4% Very good	Read 450 Write 282 Mixed 312 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 23.1 114% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 46.8 80% 156 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178240032 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32081228 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 504168475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28761 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 21474836507 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 18940805776989 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14736216272 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90173971849	86.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 138 Mixed 119 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 362GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 227 224 8641 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4067 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10128 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 30 (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	61.1% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.2% 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	226x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	90x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	37x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $527

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