Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results

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


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 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	800 x 600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120914
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 105 51% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 283 29% 237 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB 1,105 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21.07QR5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 17 17 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 79 Write 16.1 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 16.5 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 921GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 195 195 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 82.5 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 194 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 Corsair CMP12GX3M3A1600C9 Corsair CMP12GX3M3A1600C9 16GB 533, 533, 533, 533 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.4% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Crosshair IV Formula Builds (Compare 280 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

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	34x
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
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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