Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 20:27
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.95 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 529 50% 416 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 60 Parallax 76.6 54% 67.7 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 75.1 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 158 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 333960900	74.3% Very good	Read 377 Write 274 Mixed 297 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 30.9 116% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 76.5 79% 131 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 124%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5567056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 51539626271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 601 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5567056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5567056 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5567056 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7472 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7472 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15362	43.5% Average	Read 293 Write 78.3 Mixed 127 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 12.2 85% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 13.9 22% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 70%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 2TB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 221 Mixed 240 234% 314 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 4.06 4K Mixed 0.87 755% 6.31 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 195%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 330 Write 232 Mixed 223 196% 262 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 4.67 4K Mixed 1.08 701% 5.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 13.8 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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 $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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $630

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