Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 01:26
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.9 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 523 51% 419 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 118 68% 87.4 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 93 Splatting 77.3 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 438GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1803 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2698109604	92.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 470 Mixed 491 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 35.9 124% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 57.7 61% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 416GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5773 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 791 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 73 40 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13972219131	92.1% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 461 Mixed 490 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 35.9 125% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 97.2 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 58 61% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 409GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 24 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (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 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 410944031	96.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 468 Mixed 487 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 39 137% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.1 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 56.8 61% 100 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 253 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 168 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 233 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2833309020	87.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 440 Mixed 465 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 34.9 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 91 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 53.6 58% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 66 157521939 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1632291 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -10947871637445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35966056136714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2976002123 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22645105	93% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 132 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 66 74331553 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1617912 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -91753386344437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54778012893194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2078816510 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20597156	97.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 131 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 126750784 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 191736 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 257 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88081189306418 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4423445207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 327270922	78.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 141 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 355GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80488048 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1753964 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4263 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 34359738397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27002459389438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9160828424 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3205466613	70.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 111 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.13 54% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 350GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148629374 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4583022 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 31 148629374 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7490422962425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 726468551 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2156844094	43.9% Average	Read 80 Write 72.9 Mixed 75.5 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 19GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159550539 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4334508932 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65555 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 32 159550539 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67168993554218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4263344431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2700670069	28.7% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 48 Mixed 50.3 38% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.49 109% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 15 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 119%

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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 $175Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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