Asus Crosshair III Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.79% 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.
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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III Formula (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100315
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 10:57
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 87.6 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 97.6 52% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 195 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 039C) 768MB Ram: 768MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 2.75 6% 6.23 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 6.35 5% 5.92 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 378 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (B1) Unknown 96 96 20 (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 57 45 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3133854188
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 196GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 97 49863214 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 190408289 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4359 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 756547629 (C2) HDA temperature 45 53 55834574893 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 56 214446528 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40% Average	Read 70 Write 69.2 Mixed 65.4 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 67GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 174410408 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2837 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 47 889978923 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 51539607595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 59 78684365 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 75.4 Write 79.1 Mixed 74.9 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 24.9 32% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.21 48% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 74%

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 (92^nd percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 13.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.6 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%

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Typical Crosshair III Formula Builds (Compare 50 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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