Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.1% 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	64.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 02:02
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 119 57% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 307 32% 259 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E417) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 175 76% 114 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 131 89% 105 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 345 341 322 200 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 328 Write 344 Mixed 252 SusWrite 276 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 21 72% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 237 186% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 104%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 150GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 186 339 346 341 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 379 Write 346 Mixed 310 SusWrite 310 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 22 73% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 188 162% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 603GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 159 158 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 163 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 157 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 629GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 112 110 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 98 Mixed 32 SusWrite 110 61% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $175Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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