Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 02:42
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 132 57% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 357 38% 301 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 347.88 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.9 41% 46.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 38.7 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 480GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 185645976 (03) Spinup time 100 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 30 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 778805512 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1373 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 13 13 87 (BE) vendor-specific 52 43 125361061936 (C2) HDA temperature 48 57 38654705712 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 18 185645976 (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 3569117860610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3700978904 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1672060439	44.9% Average	Read 79.6 Write 76.7 Mixed 25.1 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 70%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 196 3091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2689 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2835 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 88.9 Mixed 67.1 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.42 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34387198309 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2022 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8445 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 244813856809 (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 200 200 112	58.4% Above average	Read 125 Write 78.6 Mixed 6.62 50% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 107%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 25GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4866 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3679 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15894 (C2) HDA temperature 97 89 50 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 223 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.1% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 49.5 Mixed 40.5 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 65%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	9.34% Terrible	Read 31.1 Write 16.6 Mixed 21.5 27% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.99 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.34% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C8 4x4GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 105%

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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 $175Bench 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 $273	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 $15	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