Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	19GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 19GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 19 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2160 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 18:05
Run Duration	546 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 502 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 7.41 4% 6.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 150 Parallax 147 124% 150 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 0432) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 30.2 24% 29.4 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.61 6% 6.96 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 120GB-$105 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 89GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 64428179484 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 365 (F1) Unknown 100 100 678 (F2) Unknown 100 100 702 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 462	87% Excellent	Read 505 Write 280 Mixed 348 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 27.9 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 83.6 116% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 570 Write 249 Mixed 339 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 17 90% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 67.4 86% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 133%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4165571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -90159953463252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 754 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4165571 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4165571 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4165571 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9164 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9164 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8556	36.8% Below average	Read 199 Write 60.8 Mixed 92.4 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 12.3 75% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 95.5 DQ Write 56.2 DQ Mixed 17.2 28% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 51%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 270 Write 156 Mixed 169 148% 198 MB/s	4K Read 1.71 4K Write 3.63 4K Mixed 0.47 190% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 293%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 676GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 91 196918026 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16031 (05) Reallocated sector count 3 3 4011 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 884926936687 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2610 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 656 (BC) Unknown 100 97 55835426846 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 1039870459932 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 30064771100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 14 196918026 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109835198614544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3283231525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1112436003	38.9% Below average	Read 79.9 Write 55.7 Mixed 67.4 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 68%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 491GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 108 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2968 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13233 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (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	44.1% Average	Read 85.7 Write 67.4 Mixed 75.9 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 49%
Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 459GB free Firmware: CC46 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 83.3 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.66 139% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 290GB free Firmware: 2BC1 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 76.3 Mixed 67.5 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 259GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 109 6791 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2600 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 246742 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.4% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 49.4 Mixed 39.5 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 41% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 57%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 158GB free Firmware: CC34 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 92.6 Mixed 84.1 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.44 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%
HPT DISK 0_0 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 87GB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 92.2 Mixed 78.8 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 3.89 4K Mixed 0.69 180% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 101%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1GB free Firmware: 10.0 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 42.7 Mixed 37.4 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905474-001.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX 99U5471-002.A00LF 19GB 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 1024, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	493x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	26x

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Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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