Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 06:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 134 61% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 455 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 87.7 72% 89 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 81 Splatting 72.6 65% 80.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 84 74 70 49 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 334 Write 120 Mixed 117 SusWrite 70.5 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 20.1 100% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 45.6 64% 122 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 440GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 420 415 426 374 371 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 427 Mixed 420 SusWrite 399 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 50.4 161% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 226 175% 240 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 322GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 109 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 55 SusWrite 110 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 121%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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