Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	72.4% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 03:35
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 92.6 47% 72.7 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 270 28% 226 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1608 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 39 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 43.1 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 33.9 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 728GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 319 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 111 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 528 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4478216150	72.4% Very good	Read 373 Write 267 Mixed 293 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 31.6 110% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 70.6 78% 132 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 519GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 152214064 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4624 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 100 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 398206296 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 51540394031 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 655818791 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 17 152214064 (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 -78632261229799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 851136058 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3825487664	52.3% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 91 Mixed 83.3 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.23 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905471-009.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905471-006.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.8% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 33%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $295	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