Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 18:02
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Memory 51.4 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 59.3 33% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 99.8 8-Core 168 16% 134 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.98 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.1% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 38.8 50% 50.1 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 31.3 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 134 125 94 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 296 Write 285 Mixed 240 SusWrite 104 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 19.3 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 37.6 33% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 86 95 91 92 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 93.7 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 11 13 12 13 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.5 13% 4.5 GB/s	Latency 156 26% 156 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 51%

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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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Desktop 65%

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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 $76Bench 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: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16