Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 69.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-8350-$109 106,563 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.85 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.9% Good	SC Int 98.9 SC Float 85.9 SC Mixed 91.5 74% 92.1 Pts	QC Int 368 QC Float 316 QC Mixed 348 78% 344 Pts	MC Int 577 MC Float 486 MC Mixed 581 82% 548 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$550 192,874 User benchmarks, average bench 126% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB; STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 349 Reflection 321 Parallax 318 104% 329 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 396 Splatting 250 128% 294 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$137 197,216 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 271GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7845 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 753 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 30 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 282 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16647972014	79.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 384 Mixed 404 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 21.6 115% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 21.3 25% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,094 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 040B 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 153 Write 114 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 5.46 4K Mixed 0.57 222% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 1,583 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209764296 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12798043 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 580 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 30064771101 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 158 Mixed 143 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.15 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 12,670 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 441GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10699511 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 158714092 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 38 101503433375771 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 35 10699511 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.9 Mixed 95.6 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 12,670 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 373GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 141923454 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4581018 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 471269403 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 54 141923454 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.2% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.45 102% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 12,670 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 219GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73796120 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4375092035 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1344 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295050602 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 4554 (BE) vendor-specific 75 40 6365579182105 (C2) HDA temperature 25 60 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 28 73796120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 61 1108339	42.4% Average	Read 74.5 Write 73.1 Mixed 70.9 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $109Bench 56%, 106,563 samples	2,227x
FX-9590AMD $120Bench 62%, 10,156 samples	1,345x
FX-9370AMD $152Bench 58%, 3,729 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $270Bench 64%, 265,166 samples	483x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	286x
RX 480AMD $350Bench 64%, 84,536 samples	284x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	355x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	292x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $158Bench 79%, 69,581 samples	162x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 11,630 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 7,143 samples	179x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 29,976 samples	137x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $679

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $298	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $975	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12