Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair IV Formula (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121009
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 16:01
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 91.1 47% 72.2 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 170 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 60%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E151) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 6.09 6% 7.54 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 9.26 6% 7.81 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 39.4 36% 42.2 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 167504445477 (F1) Unknown 100 100 227762	52.5% Above average	Read 374 Write 255 Mixed 198 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 7.69 71% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 10.5 18% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 839GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27345 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (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	68.5% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 98.8 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 380GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 47 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12677 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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 200 172 0	63.4% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 65.2 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.27 125% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 63%

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Desktop 65%

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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 $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 $45	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