Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 114 51% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 184 19% 151 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 70.9 62% 75.5 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 63 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 390GB free Firmware: X210 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 87 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1554 (AB) Unknown 100 100 16 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 425 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 36 154620198945 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1704 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1101 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1280 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 460 Mixed 455 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 16.1 83% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 60 73% 128 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 114%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 59 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245218 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1041 (F2) Unknown 100 100 615	43.1% Average	Read 452 Write 13.3 Mixed 25.4 34% 163 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 9.83 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 25.9 43% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 89%
Corsair Padlock v2 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 1ab5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 10.1 Write 8.31 Mixed 7.62 11% 8.69 MB/s	4K Read 4.31 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 17% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.9% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16