Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 781 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 204 Parallax 182 152% 191 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 184 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12889489458 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 34 146030198811 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785558551 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 436 (EA) Unknown 100 100 677 (F1) Unknown 253 253 577 (F2) Unknown 253 253 314 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 500 Write 236 Mixed 275 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 19.7 94% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 46 DQ Mixed 48.4 34% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 56GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40350800 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 1 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3047199	106% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 422 Mixed 455 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 25.4 152% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 76.6 132% 257 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -30940943497641 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1363 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1280 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 9360402 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1280 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 470972 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 470972 (F2) Unknown 100 100 226446 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10520	76.4% Very good	Read 515 Write 145 Mixed 232 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 15.9 144% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 47.9 61% 107 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17184920043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 1013612289022 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1200 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 503 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 51542294555 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 51542294555 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5050859 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5050859 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5050859 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1249 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1085 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1085 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3891	88.8% Excellent	Read 521 Write 259 Mixed 320 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 19.4 142% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 75.1 106% 197 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 37.9 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 51.9 SC Mixed 36.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	339x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	62x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	81x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	56x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,222

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 $46

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