Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 84 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 506 49% 403 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 188 Parallax 208 106% 175 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 118 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 47GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2010 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7168333972613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.8% Above average	Read 375 Write 191 Mixed 219 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 7 89% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 13.8 40% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1529 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 193 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2043022409	81.4% Excellent	Read 377 Write 274 Mixed 186 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 31 130% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 126 122% 194 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 166 166 21495087436 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 201864708136 (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	94.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 163 Mixed 167 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.16 4K Mixed 0.53 175% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 433GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 189 176 3525 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3680 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1708 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3289 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 96.2 Mixed 91.7 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 164GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 222 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6881 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 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	47.3% Average	Read 93.8 Write 70.7 Mixed 74.6 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 76%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Read 24 Write 7.88 Mixed 13 16% 15 MB/s	4K Read 4.91 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 18% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 15 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16