Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 745 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 192 Parallax 190 141% 185 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200604928 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113037287 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 487587869 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29688 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 18695992643160 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11599175484 (F2) Unknown 100 253 514724534486	64.6% Good	Read 94.9 Write 130 Mixed 132 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 160 156 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5193 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 3 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4603 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5193 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 39 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (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	48.9% Average	Read 91.5 Write 78.8 Mixed 69.4 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 119%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,151x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	338x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	232x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,236

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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