Asus Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ Motherboard Review

Test System
To test this board, we are able to run all of our tests at stock speeds using a pre-defined setup of hardware. We will also be overclocking the processor to 4GHz to see how the board compares against the stock speed.

We will also be pitting this board against the Asus Crosshair IV Formula to see how it compares in terms of the chipset and overall performance.

Test system:

Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
4GB Exceleram DDR3 1333MHz
HIS Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Noctua NH-C14
Thermaltake ToughPower Cable Management 1200W

Comparison boards:

Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Hardware used:

Cooler Master Test Lab
Plug-in electricity usage monitor

Software used:

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
3DMark Vantage
3DMark 11
Cinebench R10
Cinebench R11.5
PCMark Vantage
PCMark 7
Prime95
Tech ARP x264 HD Benchmark