Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.1% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 19:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 451 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 156 Parallax 142 94% 138 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 150 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 262GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th 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 100 100 888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 63 158914641944 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1737979481 (F7) Unknown 100 100 54321277 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21323370 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1920 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 397 Write 326 Mixed 315 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 21.4 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 22.4 20% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 99%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 6716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1321 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 186 186 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C2) HDA temperature 76 64 154619346968 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 450 Mixed 484 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 17.5 79% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 17.5 20% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1886 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 255 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5307724120	88.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 389 Mixed 406 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 31.4 118% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 77 88% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 10883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 290 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (10) Unknown 1 199 19913390165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 233 (C2) HDA temperature 125 116 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 149 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.33 118% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2400-MR 4x4GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $46

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