Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 04:35
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 135 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 381 40% 320 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 69.3 73% 76.1 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 55.5 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 308 318 277 265 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 431 Mixed 426 SusWrite 290 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 44.5 150% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 40.1 86% 178 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 297 324 340 382 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 435 Mixed 428 SusWrite 337 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 45.3 150% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 87.9 112% 200 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 91 90 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 155 Write 121 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 89.3 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 216 215 218 209 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 200 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 215 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 79%

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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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16