Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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. 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18% 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)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 131 60% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 394 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 29.5 19% 22.8 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 19.5 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 120 126 157 195 125 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.4% Below average	Read 282 Write 94 Mixed 114 SusWrite 158 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 14.4 58% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 16.1 13% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 542GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 41 52 66 85 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 87 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 65 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 888GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 147 149 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 104 SusWrite 149 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX Builds (Compare 422 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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