Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 days ago, 6 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 4 days ago, 4 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$134 6,110 User benchmarks - Average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	62.6% Good	SC Int 97.7 SC Float 78.6 SC Mixed 88.3 71% 88.2 Pts	QC Int 330 QC Float 261 QC Mixed 296 67% 296 Pts	MC Int 586 MC Float 462 MC Mixed 552 80% 533 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$210 25,433 User benchmarks - Average bench 48% Asus(1043 044C) 3GB MaxC: 1100 MHz, MaxM: 1650 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Lighting 144 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 189 49% 139 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 155 Splatting 101 38% 108 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 55%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 1,173 User benchmarks - Average bench 46% 160GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 52159316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 98449240365939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 662 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52159316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52159316 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52159316 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5306 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5204 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5204 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10040	46.1% Average	Read 195 Write 162 Mixed 162 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 15.3 78% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 42.1 53% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,504 User benchmarks - Average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 108%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $108Bench 57%, 68,532 samples	1,637x
FX-9590AMD $134Bench 62%, 6,110 samples	1,022x
FX-9370AMD $140Bench 59%, 1,921 samples	247x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $275Bench 64%, 155,696 samples	399x
R9 280XAMD $210Bench 48%, 25,433 samples	229x
R9 290XAMD $549Bench 71%, 10,063 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 123,310 samples	359x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 98%, 81,354 samples	262x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $139Bench 79%, 37,269 samples	209x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $119Bench 60%, 5,750 samples	156x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $119Bench 69%, 3,401 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $109Bench 59%, 13,779 samples	101x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $822

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $307	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
Intel Core i5-7600K $231	AMD RX 480 $608	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $138
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $253	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $127	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $696	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $133	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13