Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 18:24
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 117 56% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 318 33% 265 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 91.1 62% 76.7 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 81.6 59% 70.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 717GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 335 277 23 12 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 787 Write 611 Mixed 333 SusWrite 130 103% 465 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 18.3 80% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 78.1 47% 48 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 143%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 409GB free Firmware: MS1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 115 117 115 113 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 163 Write 160 Mixed 38 SusWrite 112 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 145 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 131 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 145 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 2x8GB 968 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.2 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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