Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 134 57% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 400 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.8 84% 104 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 82 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 274 258 253 243 233 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 495 Write 417 Mixed 363 SusWrite 259 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 42.9 136% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 259 193% 256 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 124%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 135GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 799 901 959 975 957 921 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 880 Write 839 Mixed 649 SusWrite 919 185% 822 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 45.3 155% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 488 363% 482 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 211%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 799GB free Firmware: JA0OA7G0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 37 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 92.8 Write 75.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.7 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 57%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 134 133 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 134 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.1 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 119%

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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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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	442x
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 $51Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16