Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 52% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 12:58
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8350-$121 68,971 User benchmarks - Average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.5% Good	SC Int 91.7 SC Float 76.8 SC Mixed 83 67% 83.8 Pts	QC Int 352 QC Float 310 QC Mixed 330 75% 331 Pts	MC Int 560 MC Float 482 MC Mixed 550 80% 531 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$548 75,700 User benchmarks - Average bench 127% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 430 Reflection 399 Parallax 416 127% 415 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 435 Splatting 261 129% 314 fps
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 143%
Nvidia GTX 950-$140 22,466 User benchmarks - Average bench 33% Asus(1043 858D) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Lighting 80 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 75.1 23% 74 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 60 33% 65.7 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$140 9,083 User benchmarks - Average bench 72% 205GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (4^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 100 100 467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 349 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 61 167504576537 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4850717422 (F7) Unknown 100 100 151835617 (F8) Unknown 100 100 65368444 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1925 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	51.4% Above average	Read 346 Write 229 Mixed 231 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 12.6 75% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 40.1 30% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 87%
Kingston SH100S3480G 480GB 5 User benchmarks - Average bench 55% 170GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 5640597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 128333622810005 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2322 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 791 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 42952425498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5640597 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5640597 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5640597 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15419 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19023 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19023 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27353	53.6% Above average	Read 502 Write 200 Mixed 261 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 17.1 67% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 19.4 DQ Mixed 11.4 12% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 1,297 User benchmarks - Average bench 59% 127GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 283468739662 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5451 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1738 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 319791 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 319791 (F2) Unknown 100 100 275338 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9632	56.4% Above average	Read 482 Write 165 Mixed 237 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 10.9 80% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 10.2 31% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 74%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 31,420 User benchmarks - Average bench 58% 109GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4038723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -45715631887120 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3189 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1218 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 78 1009322426391 (C2) HDA temperature 23 78 1009322426391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4038723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4038723 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4038723 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20165 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20165 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20941	62.2% Good	Read 505 Write 244 Mixed 326 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 12.9 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 12.7 20% 36 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 579 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 19.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 15.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z - $220

CPU
FX-8350AMD $121Bench 57%, 68,971 samples	1,772x
FX-9590AMD $130Bench 61%, 6,796 samples	1,096x
FX-9370AMD $140Bench 59%, 2,240 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 181,240 samples	434x
R9 280XAMD $210Bench 47%, 27,656 samples	244x
R9 290XAMD $549Bench 70%, 10,519 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 136,830 samples	382x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $165Bench 97%, 89,753 samples	292x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $139Bench 79%, 44,182 samples	222x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $120Bench 60%, 7,041 samples	166x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $119Bench 67%, 3,668 samples	155x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 57%, 16,856 samples	111x

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Total price: $928

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $293	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $379	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $235	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $275	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $165

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13