Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.8% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 12:15
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 84.8 2-Core 170 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 479 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 59.7 50% 62.8 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 53.3 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 211 270 160 225 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 344 Mixed 326 SusWrite 226 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 52.5 174% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 61.3 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 621GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 242 240 246 245 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 226 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 236 137% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $125Bench 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 $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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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