Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92% 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	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140417
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 21:53
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 517 49% 404 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 95% 112 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 109GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6078 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1780 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40301648 (AE) Unknown 100 100 327 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 129 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3325 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3148 (F9) Unknown 100 100 198527716	67.1% Good	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 431 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 9.4 73% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 44.9 DQ Mixed 10.3 14% 26.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free Firmware: 583A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4247662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -124545461641227 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2945 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 294 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 60132032539 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 60132032539 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4247662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4247662 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4247662 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1526 (EA) Unknown 0 0 781 (F1) Unknown 0 0 781 (F2) Unknown 0 0 536	53.6% Above average	Read 463 Write 111 Mixed 159 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 12.6 90% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 30.8 29% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15527288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 76312978923561 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2945 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 338 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 39 55837130778 (C2) HDA temperature 26 39 55837130778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15527288 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15527288 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15527288 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26570 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19518 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19518 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5248	48.1% Average	Read 425 Write 117 Mixed 151 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 9.88 76% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 68.2 DQ Mixed 9.14 18% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2937 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5420 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 23 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 159 Mixed 170 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2937 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4755 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 24 (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	115% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 178 Mixed 163 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.36 148% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 828GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122097272 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 188776711 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2939 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 26291208221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1057 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34108 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 51539607581 (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 -13761075206767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52260690668828 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -93020998425941	101% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 159 Mixed 154 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.48 131% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 195GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80435112 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22604727 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 487784476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21366 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 51539607580 (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 52445845654860 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21177714578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 518430407864	79.7% Very good	Read 155 Write 123 Mixed 109 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 700GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 27.2 Mixed 28.9 37% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 15.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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