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Asus ROG Crosshair IV Formula

CPU Performance, Memory & I/O Performance

Published: 27th April 2010 | Source: Asus | Price: ~£169 | Author: Milind Chidrawar

WPrime

WPrime is an excellent multicore compliant alternative to SuperPi.

PovRay

Persistence Of Vision RAYtracer is an application for creating three dimensional graphics. Within the program is a very popular benchmark that measures the processor's ability to render such images.

As seen, this particular application benefits greatly from multiple cores. Once again, the 3.90GHz Phenom II X4 is hauling some impressive figures.

Memory Performance

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility capable of benchmarking the performance of individual components inside a PC.

The Memory Bandwidth test paints a rather interesting picture. Stock for Stock, the Crosshair IV Formula has taken a considerably lead over the Asus M4A89GTD PRO. What's most interesting is the huge increase in memory bandwidth from the 800MHz increase over the processor's nominal 2000MHz Northbridge frequency.

Everest Ultimate Edition includes read and write benchmarks. Do note that the testing methods vary from SiSoft Sandra's bandwidth test and as such, the results between the two programs cannot be compared directly.

Both the M4A89GTD and Crosshair IV are hauling comparable results, while the steroids injected Phenom II assumes a fair lead.

Hard Disk Performance

HDTune

HDTune analyses the performance and health of your Hard Disk Drive. It's comprehensive test will determine minimum, maximum and average transfer rates.

This comes to no surprise however the Crosshair IV and M4A89GTD PRO are offering nigh on identical Hard Disk performance on their SB850 Southbridges.

Most Recent Comments

26-04-2010, 23:11:36

tinytomlogan

Its finally time to find out how good this board really is!

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27-04-2010, 00:32:17

I Hunta x

Mmmm pretty damn sexy mobo, any news on the Extreme? (£ / Release dates?)

27-04-2010, 01:02:38

Warzone

Wow, this is cheap for a ROG and that is, if it does turn out to launch around this price.

I suspect the Extreme would be more, am guessing around ~£200?

27-04-2010, 01:33:23

I Hunta x

Yeah i was thinking around the £225 mark, got a few months till my course starts so more than enough time for some more boards running the new chipset to come out and compare the performance/overclocks, i just hope these keep ahead of them as "Well it is the best board i can buy for it" is more than a good enough excuse to buy such a good looking mobo.

27-04-2010, 03:31:58

alexhull24

Compared to intel offerings with similar features, £167 seems like good value to me. Compared to other AMD boards it's a little pricey, but the performance looks hard to beat.

27-04-2010, 06:13:25

tinytomlogan

Its a very nice board, Im a sucker for good looks it does kinda help its a doddle to use aswell.

27-04-2010, 06:47:18

alexhull24

The inbuilt overclocking features seem quite well executed considering it's such a fine art with a wide range of chips out there. Certainly good to get someone started.

I'm glad they adopted the red/black colours, looks nicer than the C3F imo and brings it into line with the intel boards.

27-04-2010, 07:21:15

tinytomlogan

Ive been saying for a long time that AMD need better motherboards, the Crosshairs seem to be the motherboards I was hoping for both in performace and most importantly looks.

27-04-2010, 11:55:03

Nelly

My first Asus motherboard in 5 years which was an AMD board i.e. Asus A8N-Sli Premium which worked 8+ hours a day for over 4 years before I sold it for only £40 less than I bought it for!

I've never been one for motherboard looks but I must admit I did get suckered in, was the first thing that caught my eye about it, just waiting for my 1090T to arrive - can't wait to get it hooked up.

The worse review I've seen so far out of everyones is bit-tech, lack of depth, lack of benchmarks, lack of detail etc.

Enjoyed the review, can't find fault with it to be honest, not just saying that either if I thought it was crap I would say so.

27-04-2010, 14:31:56

delusion77

Looks like a sick board. If I didnt already have an i7, Id go for this board and the 1090T no questions asked

28-04-2010, 15:31:29

barkaway

it would have been nice if U had tested the 8GB green set dominator from corsair with this nice board8)

29-04-2010, 06:33:24

tinytomlogan

We cant test everything when the first review goes live dude

29-04-2010, 06:37:16

barkaway

Cant is such an ugly word

29-04-2010, 06:38:21

AMD_PBz

Well I have said 8gb kit which I'll be more than happy to give a full run down once the extreme board becomes available

29-04-2010, 06:57:05

barkaway

the reason why i want em to test the 8GB set is that i have one myself, but i have never had the chance to test it cause i dont have the motherboard for it

not yet anyways:-P

29-04-2010, 07:04:40

tinytomlogan

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='barkaway'

the reason why i want em to test the 8GB set is that i have one myself, but i have never had the chance to test it cause i dont have the motherboard for it

not yet anyways:-P

What I said dude is we have 1 review up for the Hex, there will be more to come. Patience young padawan.

29-04-2010, 07:13:50

barkaway

hey i am patient, bt not that young:-P

Asus ROG Crosshair IV Formula

CPU Performance, Memory & I/O Performance

Published: 27th April 2010 | Source: Asus | Price: ~£169 | Author: Milind Chidrawar

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