Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 21:33
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 87.2 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 77 47% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 96.1 8-Core 134 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% BFG(19F1 0D76) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 3.91 9% 8.55 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 6.91 6% 6.88 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 67 46 79 62 24 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.3% Below average	Read 129 Write 144 Mixed 122 SusWrite 72.1 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 18.1 74% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 24 19% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3500630AV 500GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 118GB free Firmware: 3.ACH SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 55 56 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 57 Write 54.3 Mixed 41 SusWrite 55.6 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 40%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 440GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 68 69 68 69 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 72.7 Write 70 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 67.3 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 153GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 61 61 60 61 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 32.3 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 59.7 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 119GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 68 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 76 Write 77.2 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 67.3 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair III Formula

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	13x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
250GB 249GBSSDBench 56%, 4 samples	3x
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $70Bench 86%, 1,835 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	8x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $438

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16