Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140417
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 04:41
Run Duration	399 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 111 49% 80.5 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 351 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22347967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -111703509417766 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1461 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 41 47247327263 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 47247327263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22347967 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22347967 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22347967 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27945 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10719	53.7% Above average	Read 501 Write 158 Mixed 210 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 8.26 77% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 10.8 19% 36 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 94%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 713GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210284400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2171321 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 538574879 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9532 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 111669149727 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94631014433418 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1318394107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 888984258	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 177 Mixed 165 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 1.01 246% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 609 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 14GB free, PID a833 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 32.2 Mixed 20.4 37% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.67 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 32%
Patriot Memory 4GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 3100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 16.1 Mixed 24.1 31% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.05 29% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 10%
Patriot Memory 8GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 3100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	6.56% Terrible	Read 28.4 Write 6.21 Mixed 9.75 15% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.45 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.56% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 85%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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