Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '16 at 23:43
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 74 2-Core 138 62% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 416 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 32 Parallax 42.5 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 37.4 27% 31.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 480GB-$151 269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 868 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196620 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1011	74.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 497 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 13.5 97% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 13.6 20% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3334 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 559 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 51 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9244823825	84.9% Excellent	Read 486 Write 388 Mixed 402 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 34.5 127% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 50.4 42% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 124%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 863GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2081 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1386 (C2) HDA temperature 105 99 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 138 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.5 162% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 610GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 143 11516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (10) Unknown 0 200 10316820652 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1085 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 149 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.22 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 260GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2836 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 87.8 Mixed 66.9 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 260GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106323400 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6957814 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 78049640488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 997 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34211 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 -140737488355288 (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 92844308040158 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23509634755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9474254369	54.9% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 98.9 Mixed 96.7 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 76%

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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 $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