Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 01:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 45 2-Core 89.4 46% 70.8 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 237 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 239 15% 239 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 79.1 65% 80.4 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 278 264 265 266 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 458 Write 284 Mixed 238 SusWrite 261 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 33.1 106% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 154 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 129%
Kingston SUV400S37240G 480GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 227GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 204 191 137 107 97 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 331 Write 256 Mixed 101 SusWrite 157 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 28.7 90% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 81.7 89% 147 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 66%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 18GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 87 90 91 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 87.4 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 112 119 121 130 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 98.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 124 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX F3-12800CL9-4GBRL KHX1600C10D3/8GX F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 44%

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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%

Raft

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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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