Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	44% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 41.2 2-Core 81.7 44% 65.9 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 196 20% 165 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 66.1 39% 52.4 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 67 Splatting 58.6 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 678GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9289 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 929 (B1) Unknown 99 99 25 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 9 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 342 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15859419754	69.2% Good	Read 380 Write 362 Mixed 335 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 21.5 97% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 17.2 25% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 34GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29821 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2657 (B1) Unknown 93 93 233 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23553696730	42.3% Average	Read 356 Write 167 Mixed 161 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 10.7 56% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 38.4 DQ Mixed 11.8 14% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 670GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4066 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 167 Write 116 Mixed 100 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.24 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 137GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2657 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17260 (C2) HDA temperature 121 95 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	56.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 82.8 Mixed 63 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 78GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21401 (C2) HDA temperature 121 95 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 96.4 Write 68 Mixed 56.6 55% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-2GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL0 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.8 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 41%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	120x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	35x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH F3-16000CL9-2GBRH 8GBUnknownBench 39%, 26 samples	5x
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 8GBUnknownBench 44%, 282 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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