Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 13:37
Run Duration	409 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 136 59% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 373 39% 311 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% PwrHis(1787 2342) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.71% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 4.84 4% 5.15 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 5 Splatting 8.83 6% 6.89 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13228 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1507 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3620 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19308772910	79.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 384 Mixed 409 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 21.1 109% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 20.9 34% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 2259360 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 54 180543751665 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2451 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295229517 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 470876186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 857 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38883 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 9875 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78202764513596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69981345939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57772134247	71% Very good	Read 166 Write 81.4 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 96%
USB Flash Memory 32GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 22.4 Write 11.4 Mixed 15.6 19% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.68 78% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 21%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 5.71 Mixed 10.8 14% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.74 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 1.14 106% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 92%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $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 $133	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