Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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	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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 130 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 287 31% 247 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 90.4 61% 76.3 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 80 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 339 344 374 370 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 460 Write 316 Mixed 409 SusWrite 345 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 36.3 118% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 46 94% 191 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 160 159 160 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 158 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 653GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 87 85 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 82.8 Write 78.2 Mixed 76 SusWrite 86.4 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 866GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 80 79 79 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 80.3 Write 81 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 79.5 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 91 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 98.7 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 90.5 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%

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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%

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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	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 $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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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