Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	122.4 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 22:02
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 167 2-Core 329 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,262 113% 952 Pts	64-Core 2111 131% 2111 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 84% 112 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.3 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 465 483 479 482 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 366 SusWrite 477 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 56.2 188% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Nvme PCIe SSD 2TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 2TB free Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 1416 1054 1043 1048 1044 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1000 Write 1,219 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 1181 254% 1,122 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 72.6 236% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,377 DQ Write 1,185 DQ Mixed 1,293 966% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 289%
Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 477GB free Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2138 818 539 549 551 551 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 2,141 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 858 326% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 74.1 250% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 1,256 DQ Mixed 1,351 982% 1268 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 163 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 128 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 816GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 118 120 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 114 SusWrite 119 193% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 105%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 137 137 137 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 137 164% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/32GX 4x31.8GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 29.8 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 28.3 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 163%

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Gaming 205%

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Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 219%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA - $500

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	708x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	140x
Core i9-10900KFIntel $260Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	127x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	243x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	179x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	130x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	77x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	30x
F4 DDR4 4000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 118%, 249 samples	24x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	22x

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Total price: $2,295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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