Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '16 at 02:09
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 153 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 459 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.5% Very good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 67% 103 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 89.7 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 735GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 64 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (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 67 64 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 856913018
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD My Passport 082A 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1012 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%
Lacie Rugged FW USB3 1TB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 677GB free Firmware: 051E Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 94.1 Mixed 90 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 928GB free Firmware: 04.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 196 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 36 (C2) HDA temperature 120 118 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 67% Great: 117%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 411GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 192 45776 (03) Spinup time 238 233 3091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1087 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1081 (C2) HDA temperature 119 115 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 195 323 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 197 309 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 193 193 609	74.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 132 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.74 193% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 200 2800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1574 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1603 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.61 151% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 161GB free Firmware: 1.75 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 39.5 Mixed 39.7 30% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 25%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 307GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2704 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8103 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 33 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 42	70.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 97 Mixed 96.6 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 74%
WD 3200AAK External 320GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 97GB free Firmware: 1.65 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.4% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 41.1 Mixed 38.4 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 86%

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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	442x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16