Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.7% 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	58.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 17:17
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 157 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 478 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 116 Parallax 94.7 109% 115 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.6 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc48 0G3CL4763C121S51 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: CL41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12004163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65601330479157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 880470589466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12004163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12004163 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12004163 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1992 (EA) Unknown 0 0 632 (F1) Unknown 0 0 632 (F2) Unknown 0 0 207	58.9% Above average	Read 516 Write 230 Mixed 268 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 14.6 60% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 70.2 DQ Mixed 44 57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Seagate ST6000DM 001-1XY17Z 6TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31036476 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3268887 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 131 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 48 31036476 (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 -46836618362788 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7251380197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12115579297	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 181 Mixed 176 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.46 149% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191014104 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21882188 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3063 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 73014444062 (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 -128977867896325 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3071909785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 802620773143	97.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 152 Mixed 137 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.13 4K Mixed 0.46 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 707624 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4179 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 380 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 73014444063 (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 53648436497037 (F1) Unknown 100 253 304074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1714354	93.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.97 4K Mixed 0.74 191% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 474GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 936 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 148 Mixed 142 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 71%

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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	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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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