Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	236% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 658 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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 5390) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 249 Reflection 186 Parallax 177 203% 204 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 166 Splatting 118 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 209GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (64) Unknown 100 100 507563 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 99 99 11 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 111 (B3) Unknown 100 100 617 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13271 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 0 51542294553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 48 191 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 765 (F1) Unknown 100 100 820 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1012 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 114162	94% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 342 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 27 133% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 26.7 92% 206 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,157 Mixed 1,164 318% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 48.8 217% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 195 215% 365 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 88GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 441 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (64) Unknown 100 100 340874 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 99 99 13 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 75 (B3) Unknown 100 100 328 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6552 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 55837392925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 84 79 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 567 (F1) Unknown 100 100 642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 580 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 79377	92% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 333 Mixed 336 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 25.4 129% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 11.6 84% 198 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 106%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 53GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (64) Unknown 100 100 239392 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 283 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6597 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 0 51543015448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 74 191 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 589 (F1) Unknown 100 100 562 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1210 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 59464	92.3% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 332 Mixed 352 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 25.3 130% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 24.7 91% 205 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20249064 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1234204 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 587 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 42949672981 (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 -59824599465562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2322180533 (F2) Unknown 100 253 890380827	108% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 178 Mixed 175 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85277832 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3104907 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 63 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 839 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 47244640277 (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 109143708926471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2432623890 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20416660885	99.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 176 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 128%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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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) $34	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