Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100322
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 07:47
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	15%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 50.8 2-Core 101 47% 74.5 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 197 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 21E0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 5.22 5% 6.16 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 4.47 Splatting 5.87 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 97 50 94 50 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 292 Write 73.6 Mixed 124 SusWrite 74.8 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 21.9 87% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 32.7 27% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 89%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 10GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 333 Write 201 Mixed 126 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 11 44% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 12 10% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 57GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 55 56 56 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 62.1 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 54.7 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 59%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 170GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 56 54 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 65.1 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 53.8 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 49%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 9.5 11% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3BE1600LV2G OCZ3BE1600LV2G CT102464BD160B.M16 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 533, 533, 533 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.3% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 5.5 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 23%

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Typical Crosshair IV Formula Builds (Compare 281 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

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 $269	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 $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 $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