AM3+ Motherboard Charts: 5 Models tested - ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0
Category : Motherboards
Published by Marc Büchel on 22.11.16
In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 5 recent AM3+ motherboards. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right motherboard.
Test setup
Hardware |
| Motherboard |
- ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z
- ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0
- ASUS M5A99X Evo
|
| Processor |
AMD FX-8320 |
| Memory |
16 GB (4x4) KLEVV Essencore 1600 |
| Graphic card |
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING ACX 2.0+ |
| Driver |
ForceWare 364.72 |
| Hard disk |
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB |
| Power supply |
Seasonic X-Series X650 |
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3D Mark
Ice Storm
| 3D Mark Ice Storm Score |
Points | Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
197'501 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
197'451 |
99.98 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
196'460 |
99.47 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
196'288 |
99.39 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
196'124 |
99.30 |
|
more is better |
Ice Storm Physics
| 3D Mark Ice Storm Physics Score |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
37'998 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
37'979 |
99.96 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
37'970 |
99.93 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
37'868 |
99.66 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
37'820 |
99.53 |
|
more is better |
Fire Strike
| 3D Mark Fire Strike Score |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
18'421 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
18'406 |
99.92 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
18'404 |
99.91 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
18'302 |
99.35 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
18'281 |
99.24 |
|
more is better |
Fire Strike Physics
| 3D Mark Fire Strike Physics Score |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
6'972 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
6'968 |
99.94 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
6'968 |
99.94 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
6'960 |
99.83 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
6'954 |
99.74 |
|
more is better |
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3D Mark 11
| 3D Mark 11 Total |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
22'422 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
22'410 |
99.95 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
22'325 |
99.57 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
22'201 |
99.01 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
22'173 |
98.89 |
|
more is better |
CPU
| 3D Mark 11 Physics |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
6'489 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
6'479 |
99.80 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
6'475 |
99.78 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
6'466 |
99.65 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
6'459 |
99.54 |
|
more is better |
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3D Mark Vantage
| 3D Mark Vantage Total |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
31'131 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
31'100 |
99.91 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
30'982 |
99.52 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
30'750 |
98.78 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
30'629 |
98.39 |
|
more is better |
| 3D Mark Vantage CPU |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
19'178 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
19'170 |
99.96 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
19'668 |
99.70 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
19'600 |
99.40 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
19'558 |
99.34 |
|
more is better |
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PC Mark 08
Total
| PC Mark 08 Total |
Points |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
2'920 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
2'916 |
99.78 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
2'912 |
99.73 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
2'908 |
99.59 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
2'903 |
99.42 |
|
more is better |
| Web Browsing - JunglePin |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
0.354 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
0.354 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
0.354 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
0.354 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
0.353 |
99.72 |
|
more is better |
| Web Browsing - Amazonia |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
0.145 |
100.69 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
0.145 |
100.69 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
0.144 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
0.143 |
99.31 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
0.142 |
98.61 |
|
more is better |
| Writing |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
6.27 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
6.27 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
6.25 |
99.68 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
6.25 |
99.68 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
6.24 |
99.52 |
|
more is better |
| Casual Gaming |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
59.15 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
58.88 |
99.45 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
58.74 |
99.31 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
58.62 |
99.10 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
58.54 |
98.97 |
|
more is better |
| Video Chat Playback 1 |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
29.97 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
29.97 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
29.95 |
99.93 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
29.95 |
99.93 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
29.94 |
99.90 |
|
more is better |
| Video Chat encoding |
ms |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
75.70 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
75.69 |
99.98 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
75.67 |
99.96 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
75.43 |
99.64 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
74.38 |
98.26 |
|
more is better |
| Advanced Photo Editing |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
0.560 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
0.561 |
99.82 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
0.561 |
99.82 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
0.563 |
99.47 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
0.565 |
99.12 |
|
more is better |
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Arithmetic Benchmark
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone |
GIPS |
Percent |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
100.30 |
100.30 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
100.20 |
100.20 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
99.80 |
99.80 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
99.70 |
99.70 |
|
more is better |
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark -
Whetstone |
GFLOPS |
Percent |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
65.46 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
65.46 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
65.46 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
65.38 |
99.88 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
65.33 |
99.80 |
|
more is better |
Multimedia
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer |
MPixels/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
271.92 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
271.90 |
99.99 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
271.89 |
99.99 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
271.62 |
99.89 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
270.73 |
99.56 |
|
more is better |
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia -
Floating Point |
MPixels/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
185.85 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
182.32 |
98.10 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
181.74 |
97.81 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
181.68 |
97.76 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
180.37 |
97.05 |
|
more is better |
Crytography
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography
- AES 256 |
GB/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
5 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
5 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
5 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
5 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
5 |
100.00 |
|
more is better |
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA
256 |
GB/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
1.3 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
1.3 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
1.3 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
1.3 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
1.3 |
100.00 |
|
more is better |
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SiSoft Sandra 2
Memory bandwidth
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth -
Integer |
GB/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
18 |
100.00 |
|
more is better |
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory
bandwidth -
floating point |
GB/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
18 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
18 |
100.00 |
|
more is better |
Memory latency
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory
latency |
ns |
Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
72 |
102.86 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
71 |
102.86 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
71 |
102.86 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
70 |
101.43 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
70 |
100.00 |
|
less is better |
more is better |
Memory and cache access
| SiSoft Sandra - Cache |
GB/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
94.47 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
94.46 |
99.99 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
94.37 |
99.89 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
94.10 |
99.61 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
93.97 |
99.47 |
|
more is better |
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UC Bench
| UC Bench |
PW/sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
1134.5 |
100.0 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
1134.3 |
99.98 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
1134.3 |
99.98 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
1133.8 |
99.94 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
1133.4 |
99.90 |
|
more is better |
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Super Pi 1M - 32M
Super Pi 1M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
23.190 |
100.03 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
23.198 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
23.227 |
99.88 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
23.229 |
99.87 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
23.432 |
99.00 |
|
less is better |
more is better |
Super Pi 32M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
1550.652 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
1552.561 |
99.88 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
1554.427 |
99.75 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
1554.854 |
99.73 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
1555.134 |
99.71 |
|
less is better |
more is better |
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wPrime 1024M Multicore
| wPrime - 1024M Multi Core |
sec |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
290.552 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
291.001 |
99.85 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
292.005 |
99.49 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
292.087 |
99.47 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
292.643 |
99.29 |
|
more is better |
more is better |
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Cinebench R15 - CPU
| Cinebench R11.5 - Multi Core |
pts |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
521 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
521 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
519 |
99.62 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
517 |
99.23 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
517 |
99.23 |
|
less is
better |
more is better |
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Tomb Raider
Low resolution - 1024 x 768
| Tomb Raider (low resolution, low details) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
245.5 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
245.3 |
99.92 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
245.3 |
99.92 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
245.1 |
99.84 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
244.9 |
99.76 |
|
more is better |
High resolution - 1920 x 1080
| Tomb Raider (high resolution, high details) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
131.6 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
131.2 |
99.70 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
131.2 |
99.70 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
131.0 |
99.54 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
130.7 |
99.32 |
|
more is better |
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Metro Last Light
Low resolution - 1024 x 768
| Metro Last Light (low
details, low resolution) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
165.8 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
165.7 |
99.94 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
165.6 |
99.91 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
165.6 |
99.88 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
165.5 |
99.82 |
|
more is better |
High resolution - 1920 x 1080
| Metro Last Light (high
details, high resolution) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
52.4 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
52.4 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
52.4 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
52.4 |
100.00 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
52.3 |
99.81 |
|
more is better |
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Sleeping Dogs
Low resolution, low details
| Sleeping Dog (low
details, low resolution) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
429.8 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
429.6 |
99.94 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
429.4 |
99.91 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
428.9 |
99.79 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
428.8 |
99.77 |
|
more is better |
High resolution, high details
| Sleeping Dogs (high
details, high resolution) |
fps |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
228.6 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
228.3 |
99.87 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
228.2 |
99.83 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
228.2 |
99.83 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
228.0 |
99.77 |
|
more is better |
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Power Consumption
Idle
| Idle |
Watt |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
70.1 |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
68.9 |
99.78 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
68.6 |
97.86 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
66.4 |
94.72 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
64.2 |
91.58 |
|
less is better |
less is better |
Load
| Load |
Watt |
Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
416.8 |
100.53 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
414.8 |
100.02 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
414.6 |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
412.9 |
99.59 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
409.5 |
98.77 |
|
less is better |
less is better |
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Performance Rating
| 3D
and Gaming Benchmarks |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
100.00 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
99.91 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
99.90 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
99.71 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
99.59 |
|
more is better |
| 2D Benchmarks |
Percent |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
100.00 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
99.86 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
99.80 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
99.53 |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
99.48 |
|
more is better |
| Performance
per Watt |
Percent |
| ASUS M5A99X Evo |
104.58 |
| ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura |
102.78 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R3.0 |
100.71 |
| ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 |
100.43 |
| ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z |
100.00 |
|
less is
better |
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Price comparison
