Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 17:30
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 128 57% 92 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 382 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 90.8 56% 75.3 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 49.8 54% 68 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Z-DRIVE R4 CM88 800GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 140GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 548257705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -112631222356575 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 319 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 548257705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 548257705 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 548257705 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18612 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18869 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18869 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16311
Poor: 50% Great: 75%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 14 14 14 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12703 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41235536 (AE) Unknown 100 100 239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 1458 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 52 52 52 (F1) Unknown 100 100 76980 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10703 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3158421069	73.5% Very good	Read 480 Write 395 Mixed 421 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 15.6 81% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 63.1 69% 115 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 802GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 67 186059888 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4300633283 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5675 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196613 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 674949234723 (C2) HDA temperature 35 60 98784247843 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 18 186059888 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14323715951901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4260511766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261533070	56.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 84.1 Mixed 78.2 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.54 117% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 798GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 176 3308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2211 (C2) HDA temperature 112 83 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 31780 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	76% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 103 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.33 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 738GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2328 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 38 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 109 Mixed 96.8 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.48 119% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%
WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 635GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2313 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 32 (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	89.4% Excellent	Read 177 Write 135 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 137% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 93%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 304GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 74 (03) Spinup time 148 138 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1856 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1067 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2888 (C2) HDA temperature 108 82 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	58.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 111 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 170GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 30 (03) Spinup time 150 140 3475 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3531 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4259 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 36 (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 1 1191 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 90.2 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.47 101% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6.1 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 92%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $140Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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