Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	103% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). 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, 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 IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 22:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 44.8 2-Core 94.3 47% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 257 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2370) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 29 29% 32.3 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 20.8 20% 25 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 732GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 640 622 547 703 700 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 669 Mixed 326 SusWrite 644 120% 532 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 33.9 116% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 187 139% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 145%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 71%

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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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Typical Crosshair IV Formula Builds (Compare 280 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	120x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	34x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 26 samples	5x
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 282 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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