Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '21 at 08:18
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42% Average	Memory 57.7 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 104 43% 71.5 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 167 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: LCSi SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 170 164 170 169 170 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.5% Good	Read 280 Write 191 Mixed 205 SusWrite 167 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 26.5 98% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 203 158% 218 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 120GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 54 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 58.6 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030EF68F9W1600 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. RMR5030EF68F9W1600 Elpida EBJ40UG8EFW0-GN-F 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 39%

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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%

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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 $175Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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