ASUS Crosshair V Formula ‘Bulldozer’ Motherboard Review

The Legit Reviews Test System

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running.

AMD AM3+ Platform

The AMD AM3+ platform that we used to test the AMD Phenom and FX processors were run on the ASUS Crosshair V Formula motherboard with BIOS 9901
that came out on 9/26/2011. The Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz memory kit was set to 1600MHz with 1.5v and 9-9-9-24 1T memory timings on the AMD FX-8150 and then at 1600MHz with 1.5v and 9-9-9-24 1T memory timings on the Phenom II X6 1100T processor.

AMD 990FX Test System
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition	Live Pricing
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair V Formula	Live Pricing
Memory	8gb Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9	Live Pricing
Hard Drive	Kingston SSDNow 96GB SSD	Live Pricing
Video Card	XFX Radeon HD 6950	Live Pricing
CPU cooler	Corsair A70	Live Pricing
Chassis	None – Open Bench
Power Supply	Corsair TX750	Live Pricing