Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 11:46
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 140 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 419 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 83.8 68% 84.4 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 70.7 63% 78.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 6 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16358 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3339 (B1) Unknown 84 84 556 (B3) Unknown 99 99 6 (B5) Unknown 99 99 6 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 38 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 126847 (EB) Unknown 99 99 761 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50689087501	82.7% Excellent	Read 484 Write 431 Mixed 408 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 22.7 103% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 18.9 47% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 385GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221357531 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 80 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 855026 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 70 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 68719476759 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 62 221357531 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.9% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 99.4 Mixed 88.2 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.45 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 97GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1497020 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 37 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3714 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065688 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 77 50 387317783 (C2) HDA temperature 23 50 8589934615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 15 1497020 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 82 Write 73.3 Mixed 60.6 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.34 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDT721075SLA380 750GB 736 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 52GB free Firmware: ST4OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 146 146 21495677191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4753 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5688 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5688 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227634118683 (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 7	41.1% Average	Read 73.3 Write 70.1 Mixed 87.8 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	442x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	215x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16