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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	91.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 152 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 458 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 383GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13070 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2090 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 206 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17995664504	70.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 178 Mixed 339 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 24.3 110% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 61.1 70% 121 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4905 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 945 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14287934028	91.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 386 Mixed 405 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 38.1 134% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 74.1 78% 129 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 134%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 195GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5510 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11651 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2992 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 453967897 (C2) HDA temperature 75 55 470745113 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25953 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63.6% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 86%

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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