Asus ROG Crosshair IV Formula

System Wide Benchmarks

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

Unfortunately our HIS Radeon HD 5850 was unavailable during the timeframe that the M4A89GTD PRO was being tested. As a result, there is no comparison data available for the following benchmarks.

Passmark paints a picture about the system as a whole by testing processor, memory, hard disk drive, optical drive and graphics card.

Overall scores north of 1500 indicate a very capable machine. The results indicated at both Stock and Overclocked speeds are exactly as one would expect them.

PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage is Futuremark's flagship "System Wide" benchmark. With a large focus on day to day operations, it's an excellent means of judging the capability of a computer as a whole.

Our test setup performed exceedingly well across all testing suites. The effects of the Phenom II's 15% overclock is all too apparent

3DMark06

Futuremark's 3DMark06 is a means of testing a system's capability as a gaming machine. It has aged a little, however remains to be an excellent benchmark for all round 3D testing.

While at stock speeds the system still performs admirably, however the overclocked Phenom II affords a considerable lead here.

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is Futuremarks flagship gaming oriented benchmark at present and is considered to be a demanding one at that. Our tests were carried out under the "Performance" prefix.

A 3DMark Vantage score of ~13,000 in performance mode is exactly what we'd expect a Radeon HD 5850 based machine to achieve. Impressive results thus far...

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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

System Wide Benchmarks

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

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