Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 129 57% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 362 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 38.5 36% 42.3 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 197570002981 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15176275298 (F7) Unknown 100 100 475864518 (F8) Unknown 100 100 244526379 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3577 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.1% Good	Read 420 Write 303 Mixed 304 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 21.1 80% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 47.5 55% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 3TB 0GB free Firmware: CC4B Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.7% Very poor	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 138 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.44 3% 0.89 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 143546576 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 39199306979 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 32 -3605135324 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2975 (C2) HDA temperature 36 68 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 143546576 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74607876888625 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8451442290 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1081447540652
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 219286648 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 968657933 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 93260919869782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 656146465 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1367 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 94489280545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38822209384773 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8201872844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5720693685	78.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 144 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 754GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 12280 (03) Spinup time 93 75 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 13001878978 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 15359459196962 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3057 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 4 12280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 71 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5480378247842 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1970332249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2387667268	60.5% Good	Read 117 Write 94.3 Mixed 84.9 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3000DM001-1ER1 3TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 739GB free Firmware: CC43 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 44.5 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 575GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 27472386 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 93 60 1874648263 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 92986041963499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 672923683 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1686 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 90194313251 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92754113720007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8569142611 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19501232208	88.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 116 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 183GB free Firmware: JKAO Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 70.9 Write 81.7 Mixed 10.2 39% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 11GB free Firmware: CV11 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 81 64 117934628 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33675465 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 119206817307150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 493 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 672923683 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2213 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 85899345955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 4704 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119421565659409 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8265816459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11247115491	55.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 91 Mixed 103 75% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 109%

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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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16