Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	41.7% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 58 2-Core 93.9 49% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 204 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 227 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 13 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262159 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184684904487 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 385 (F1) Unknown 100 100 417 (F2) Unknown 100 100 348 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15 (F6) Unknown 100 100 94528	41.7% Average	Read 390 Write 256 Mixed 233 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 6.16 20% 9.69 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 7.07 28% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 442GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 187 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2802 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3139 (C2) HDA temperature 108 87 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 53478 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.7% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 87.8 Mixed 90.2 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 127GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1368 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8639927708 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1305 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262666 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572588066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 34 1368 (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 115869627716448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 732825158 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2217146639	48.9% Average	Read 83.2 Write 87.3 Mixed 84.1 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF TMT451U6BFR8C-PBHJ TMT451U6BFR8C-PBHJ 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.2% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 39%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	120x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	35x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 26 samples	5x
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 282 samples	5x

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Total price: $520

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