Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	459 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 828 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1452 MHz, MLim: 1820 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 74 65% 78.8 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 66 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,237 Write 1,370 Mixed 1,164 350% 1,590 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 27.5 194% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 30.7 45% 81 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 208GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,012 Write 961 Mixed 1,000 221% 991 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.7 194% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 215 195% 279 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 445%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.1% Average	Read 247 Write 152 Mixed 164 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 23.8 78% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 55 54% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 54GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 971 Write 287 Mixed 401 120% 553 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 19.7 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 12.3 76% 172 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Seagate ST4000VN000-1H41 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC44 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 120 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 5716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 62 26622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 113596 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 85.6 Mixed 83.1 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 835GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 71.6 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 500GB free Firmware: MJAO Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 78.1 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 460GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 96.4 Mixed 92 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.43 121% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%
HPT DISK 0_7 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 360GB free Firmware: 4.00 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 88 Write 112 Mixed 80.4 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.42 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 281GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 67 7251 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 848 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56457 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (B5) Unknown 100 100 18346 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094511127 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1033	64.3% Good	Read 93.2 Write 131 Mixed 121 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 244GB free Firmware: JKAO Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 74.4 Write 122 Mixed 117 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 79% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 136GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146804 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (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	52.6% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 92.2 Mixed 112 75% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 104GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6180 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 70296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 876 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 62 336855060 (C2) HDA temperature 79 59 353632277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 64001 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48% Average	Read 86.1 Write 81 Mixed 71 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 53GB free Firmware: JKAO Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 104 Mixed 69.3 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 118%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,156x
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	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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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 $177	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