Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '16 at 15:22
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 142 60% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 396 42% 334 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3107) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.4 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 20 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22393624 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116594505 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 639631397 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17523 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 73014444069 (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 129557688487436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24045883457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46473451569	81.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 122 Mixed 13.3 71% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 151GB free Firmware: CC83 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 97 112040584 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 38 11553786779431 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2639 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 81608835219 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 61 38 224011681831 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5946 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 81604378663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 27 112040584 (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 89562953049841 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2554079448 (F2) Unknown 100 253 952099690	47.4% Average	Read 74.1 Write 91.2 Mixed 31.6 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 49GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 168 1058 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3996 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68626 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	52.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 79.5 Mixed 27.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 116GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 29.6 Mixed 14.2 30% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A01LF 4x4GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 54% - Above average

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