Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.5% 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	84.2% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 112 56% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 224 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 84% 110 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5371 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1786 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 17183735834 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 77232 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5382 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10691 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 154	84.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 398 Mixed 475 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 29.6 104% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 86.9 93% 155 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 542GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120329696 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37036522 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 140329 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 38654705691 (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 -109762184213902 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19185213642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25685777718	83.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2.5TB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 37 101% 84 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 6.16 4K Mixed 0.58 235% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 8GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 47%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 65%

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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 $182	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