Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	540 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 82 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 467 44% 367 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.2 88% 105 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 96.5 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25095844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 61332132993130 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3177 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 978 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 52 81607786531 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 81607786531 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25095844 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25095844 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25095844 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15409 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11721 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11721 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19393 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8585347	56.3% Above average	Read 440 Write 126 Mixed 174 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 34.1 46% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5TB free Firmware: DN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 66 189963340 (03) Spinup time 85 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10031817 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 622919717 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 470 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 331 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 3 189963340 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65919158058963 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6724306646 (F2) Unknown 100 253 896020446
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 040B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64550648 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104118099 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 60130462706 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 42 271374024751 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9419 (C2) HDA temperature 47 58 90194313263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 64550648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51436528338779 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114386998161 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52859711844	66.6% Good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 84.9 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.27 4K Mixed 0.39 207% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 89%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1013 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 196 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3068 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3067 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15263 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 118 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48021576 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91377167 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2726 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 622854181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35907 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 77309411365 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57440892614535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74367822625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 275849219371	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 153 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 214174992 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9589306 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 124555954350 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 690094121 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21041 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 77309411369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125902671314047 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54550333805 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42624460415	56.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 85.6 Mixed 88 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117558856 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 721390005 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2693 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 64425492504 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 101 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572325922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11221 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 77309411362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40389872456417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 362738718763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1015162534426	70.3% Very good	Read 163 Write 82.3 Mixed 119 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 209059568 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 30084546716 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 34360262704 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 46 723845163 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6809 (C2) HDA temperature 43 54 85899345963 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 209059568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42129334206020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14378788024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11709467659	57.8% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 103 Mixed 50.8 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 449GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34387001761 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2739 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6018 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6018 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231929544739 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 118 Mixed 144 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 6.5TB free, PID ab38 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 112 180% 143 MB/s	4K Read 9.12 4K Write 5.85 4K Mixed 0.47 249% 5.15 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 5.5TB free, PID ab38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 81.5 158% 127 MB/s	4K Read 9.06 4K Write 5.59 4K Mixed 0.56 243% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 5TB free, PID ab38 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 166 Write 122 Mixed 89.6 150% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 7.26 4K Mixed 0.6 272% 3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free, PID ab38 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 102 164% 130 MB/s	4K Read 4.19 4K Write 7.56 4K Mixed 0.38 286% 4.04 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3.5TB free, PID 331a Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 97.3 161% 130 MB/s	4K Read 9.78 4K Write 5.77 4K Mixed 0.44 248% 5.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free, PID ab38 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 133 Write 103 Mixed 76.9 126% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 7.05 4K Mixed 0.6 264% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 160 Write 160 Mixed 149 201% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.57 89% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free, PID 331a Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 83.4 Write 144 Mixed 84.9 141% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.24 203% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 526GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 150 Write 66.3 Mixed 66.4 104% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.19 4K Mixed 0.28 155% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 72%

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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 $80Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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