Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 05:05
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 128 60% 95 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 406 39% 321 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 52.1 Parallax 56.8 22% 45.5 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 66 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 596 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 408573833	87.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 379 Mixed 403 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 35.8 127% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 55 58% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 133%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 202814481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 96327526552939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 202814481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 202814481 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 202814481 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4510 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4582 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4582 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13887	37.4% Below average	Read 202 Write 73.2 Mixed 103 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 12.7 69% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 30.2 42% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 52%
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294 529 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 131366727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 13494787273842 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 177 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 73017524264 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 131366727 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 131366727 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 131366727 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47132 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28228 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28228 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22182	43.7% Average	Read 369 Write 193 Mixed 199 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 9.51 4K Write 8.98 4K Mixed 14.4 38% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 48% 86.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 65%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6649892 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 45 2675791752190 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 55835426833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 672727076 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 26 6649892 (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 86071144638290 (F1) Unknown 100 253 115636561 (F2) Unknown 100 253 838094930	56.1% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 96.3 Mixed 82 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.52 116% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 24 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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