Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.5% 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	80.4% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '16 at 10:56
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 99.9 49% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 273 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8428) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 9 Parallax 10.9 8% 9.92 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 9.17 Splatting 12.5 9% 11.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 668GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 946 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5161273010	80.4% Excellent	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 393 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 25.1 101% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 82.8 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 99 99 980 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 154 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1964351289	74.6% Very good	Read 497 Write 300 Mixed 334 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 21.7 95% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 73.1 82% 141 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDN 726050ALE610 5TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 124 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38687343090 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 466 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214749675558 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 76 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 144 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.63 134% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDN 726050ALE610 5TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 324GB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38686753256 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 456 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 236224512046 (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 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 89.8 Mixed 95 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.75 147% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 623 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26490 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 101 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 98 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 121	49.4% Average	Read 92.6 Write 79.1 Mixed 77.3 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 86%

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Desktop 65%

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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 $76Bench 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

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16