Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-9590-$110 6,221 User benchmarks - Average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.7% Good	SC Int 97.9 SC Float 76.3 SC Mixed 85.9 69% 86.7 Pts	QC Int 375 QC Float 295 QC Mixed 334 76% 334 Pts	MC Int 596 MC Float 470 MC Mixed 562 82% 543 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 12,132 User benchmarks - Average bench 67% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 204 Reflection 154 Parallax 271 71% 210 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 172 Splatting 173 66% 156 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 32,639 User benchmarks - Average bench 57% 138GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24689577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 117475945494580 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2908 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 778 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 45 60132491301 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 60132491301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24689577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24689577 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24689577 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16663 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13715 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13715 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15316	35.6% Below average	Read 155 Write 136 Mixed 124 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 9.1 67% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 9.8 16% 30 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 77%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 490 User benchmarks - Average bench 60% 198GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6382 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5757 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 37 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.7% Average	Read 76.1 Write 83 Mixed 74.6 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT12GX3M3A2000C9 2x4GB 24 User benchmarks - Average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 77%

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

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $115Bench 57%, 74,678 samples	1,992x
FX-9590AMD $110Bench 62%, 6,221 samples	1,238x
FX-9370AMD $139Bench 58%, 2,648 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 64%, 198,763 samples	478x
R9 280XAMD $210Bench 46%, 30,852 samples	266x
R9 290XAMD $549Bench 67%, 12,132 samples	248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 156,440 samples	430x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 101,328 samples	329x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $120Bench 79%, 48,125 samples	257x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 61%, 8,174 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $145Bench 66%, 4,587 samples	170x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 58%, 19,147 samples	126x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $263	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20