Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 11:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 87.8 47% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 159 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PwrHis(1787 2309) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 6.94 4% 6.07 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 5.39 4% 5.52 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01S02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 82 88 88 107 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 88 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 76%
Hitachi HTS545012B9SA00 120GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 71GB free Firmware: PB1OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 61 63 63 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 54 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 63 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%
Seagate ST320VT000-1BS14C 320GB 525 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 256GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 62 63 63 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 84 Write 78.8 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 63 48% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 49%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 106 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 456GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 24.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 24.1 31% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 48% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 50%

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Typical Crosshair III Formula Builds (Compare 50 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair III Formula

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	13x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
250GB 249GBSSDBench 56%, 4 samples	3x
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $70Bench 86%, 1,835 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	8x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $438

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