Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 16:42
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 95 49% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 190 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 03B8) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 27.9 23% 27.1 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 30.6 22% 26.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dell PERC H310 239GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 235 228 190 191 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 448 Write 268 Mixed 309 SusWrite 206 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 34.1 116% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 193 153% 211 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 804GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 55.2 Write 81.3 Mixed 43.9 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.8% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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