Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	61.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 06:48
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 96 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37% Below average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 49 2-Core 44.3 39% 53.9 Pts	4-Core 36 8-Core 39.8 5% 37.9 Pts	64-Core 42.7 3% 42.7 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 113GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 398 398 355 276 283 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 413 Write 348 Mixed 359 SusWrite 315 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 28 83% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 36.4 39% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 122%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 279 276 224 109 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 338 Write 300 Mixed 251 SusWrite 180 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 32.7 105% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 97 70% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 118%
Spcc Sol id State Disk 256GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 228GB free Firmware: R052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 378 377 380 376 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 385 Write 372 Mixed 371 SusWrite 344 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 19.3 82% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 45 49% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 102 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 125 SusWrite 96.2 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 991995 (996995) F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 47%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16