Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 20:14
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 134 59% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 431 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 438 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 6.12 Parallax 5.16 6% 6.18 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 9.43 6% 7.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 256GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: N112 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 371 Write 272 Mixed 318 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 24.9 105% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 67.6 82% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 98%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 241GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4919 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 61 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 80 56 336527380 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 836 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45.4% Average	Read 65.7 Write 92.1 Mixed 69 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.49 123% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 179GB free Firmware: CR10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 21 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 62 22 (C2) HDA temperature 172 124 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 282462 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	32% Below average	Read 38.3 Write 73 Mixed 51.4 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 4x8GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	441x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	215x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	29x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	22x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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