Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 20-$59 732 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 101 48% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 200 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB CLim: 1356 MHz, MLim: 1702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 45.5 28% 37.9 fps	MRender 43.2 Gravity 45 Splatting 33.5 32% 40.6 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 634GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 174 195 201 200 201 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.5% Above average	Read 220 Write 203 Mixed 153 SusWrite 184 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 33.2 110% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 38.4 32% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 117%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 57GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 7.8 8.1 9.9 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 21.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 8.4 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 68% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.3% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 50%

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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 i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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