Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.4% 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	29.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '21 at 09:30
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 97.4 49% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 225 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1010 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 12.8 11% 13.3 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 9.3 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 80 76 77 71 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 77.6 Write 171 Mixed 130 SusWrite 77.9 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 32.5 31% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 103GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 45 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 48.2 Mixed 35.9 SusWrite 44.2 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 61%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 7 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 78.4 Write 5.5 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 6.6 23% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 175% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 57%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 465GB free, PID 1351 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 160 162 166 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 258 Write 171 Mixed 192 SusWrite 160 253% 195 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 18.6 1,468% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 29.3 2,286% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27F6 ASUS VE278

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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 $79Bench 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: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16