Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	20.5% 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	51.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 03:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 62.4 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 112 46% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 311 29% 241 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 22.6 Parallax 29.5 19% 25.2 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 24 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 308 340 350 339 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 187 Write 134 Mixed 170 SusWrite 322 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 17 54% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 108 96% 148 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 133%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 29 29 24 34 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 79 Write 92.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 32.6 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 644GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 42 41 41 42 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 76.3 Write 64.5 Mixed 67 SusWrite 58.6 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 801GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 29 58 67 57 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 101 Write 146 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 60.4 60% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1 148% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 79%

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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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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 $175Bench 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