Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.1% 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	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 00:29
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 45.2 2-Core 91.3 49% 73.7 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 135 17% 132 Pts	64-Core 137 8% 137 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% PwrHis(1787 200A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 12.6 12% 12.7 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 12.5 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 64 35 78 74 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 412 Write 365 Mixed 339 SusWrite 108 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 1.1 50% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 24.6 24% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 100%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 25GB free, PID 0cc4 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 18 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	9.27% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 20.7 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 19.4 27% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.7 41% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.27% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 1x4GB 603 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM 667 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 30%

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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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Typical Crosshair IV Formula Builds (Compare 281 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	120x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	35x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 26 samples	5x
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 282 samples	5x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16