Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 127 59% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 336 35% 280 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2010) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 17% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 436GB free Firmware: 50.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 156 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4330 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3370 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 159075 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 80 Write 86 Mixed 74 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%
WD WD3200JS-63PDB1 320GB 3,111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 289GB free Firmware: 21.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 179 5425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5456 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 23 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4625 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 36 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.9% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 62.6 Mixed 61.1 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA360 320GB-$26 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 229GB free Firmware: ST2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 262144 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 107 107 12900106474 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4294 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5542 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864249375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	56.1% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 98.2 Mixed 103 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 137GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 46 179931136 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 206628172 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2491 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 46 179931136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.2% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 63.7 Mixed 65.4 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.36 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AH Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 48.2 Mixed 45.7 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CH Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 50.9 Mixed 57.5 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 103%

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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	214x
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 $109Bench 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 $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