Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 08:19
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 51 2-Core 105 54% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 296 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.6 87% 107 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3548 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 489 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18099790471	72.4% Very good	Read 487 Write 376 Mixed 397 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 18.2 88% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 17.7 34% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 544GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 353 (03) Spinup time 141 141 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2212 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2062 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 20	122% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 176 Mixed 194 155% 206 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 3.74 4K Mixed 0.68 164% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 544GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2212 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2065 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	128% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 214 Mixed 188 158% 211 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 0.76 166% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 2x4GB 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	120x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	34x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 26 samples	5x
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 282 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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