Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 20:14
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.85 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 171 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 501 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 1987 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 83.2 76% 90.2 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 75 66% 81.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 372 Write 293 Mixed 59 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 32.5 117% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 60.8 67% 117 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 96%
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 466GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1009 1031 1090 1136 1115 1139 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 1,102 Mixed 864 SusWrite 1,086 230% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 72.6 237% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 599 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 490 376% 514 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 322%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 106 107 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 94 Write 108 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 104 60% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x8GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

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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	214x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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