Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	67.6% 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 151 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 446 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 443 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18714 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 276 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 276 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 55838113820 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 98 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34874 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9669 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8083 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 494989	67.6% Good	Read 495 Write 308 Mixed 394 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 17.1 76% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 14.2 45% 98 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 751GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104416128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 366193182 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68720525350 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 487850011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 173321 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 60129542171 (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 4127463599415 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61653682098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 86671540098	117% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 196 Mixed 179 147% 196 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB-$68 1,788 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 372GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 48 194682905 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2492 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 150 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 970923052 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 73458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 194682905 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.7% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 63.7 Mixed 61.8 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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