Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	13.3 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	Jun 05 '16 at 06:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 81.3 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 503 46% 386 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 043B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 22.1 15% 19 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 19 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron P400m-MTFDDAK400MAN 400GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 3372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (0E) Unknown 100 100 680 (0F) Unknown 100 100 400 (10) Unknown 100 100 159417 (11) Unknown 100 100 158984 (64) Unknown 100 100 3917472 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 297 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 180389478435 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34696194 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 64159803469824 (F7) Unknown 100 100 10411537539 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1121758265	56.5% Above average	Read 364 Write 298 Mixed 298 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 12.2 76% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 45 32% 40 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 80%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 191 191 3450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 15 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 99 Mixed 88.6 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 281GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 528 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116149876 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (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 73 64 538312731 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 27 528 (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 -17497696755921 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1386868086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3502549993	64.4% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 96.7 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.56 107% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 4x4GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 15.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z Builds (Compare 898 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $629

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 $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16