Asus TUF Sabertooth X99 Motherboard Review

Cinebench

We used the ‘CPU’ test built into Cinebench R15 .

WinRAR

WinRAR’s built in benchmark and hardware test can help us outline the performance differentials between each motherboard. We record the amount of data processed after a 30-second run.

Handbrake Conversion

We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 4.36GB 720P H.264 movie (in the MKV container) to one in the MP4 container.

Positive performance results are displayed by the TUF X99 motherboard in Cinebench and our Handbrake conversion test. Both results show the Sabertooth X99 pushing hard to compete for top position.

The more volatile WinRAR benchmark, however, puts the Sabertooth X99 in last position. ASRock's chart-topping competitors are around 4% faster than the Sabertooth X99 in WinRAR workloads. Clearly, WinRAR shows negativity towards Asus boards, which may be a reflection of looser tertiary memory timings than its competitors.

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