Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.1% 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	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090911
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 14:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 95.2 48% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 192 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 0330) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 9.5 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 214 212 183 205 199 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.1% Above average	Read 238 Write 214 Mixed 195 SusWrite 203 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 139 106% 144 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 101%
Seagate ST9500620NS 500GB 673 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 466GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 114 111 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 111 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 13.2 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Crosshair III Formula Builds (Compare 50 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair III Formula

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	13x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
250GB 249GBSSDBench 56%, 4 samples	3x
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $70Bench 86%, 1,835 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	8x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $434

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