Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	269% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	53.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 04:41
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 264 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 770 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 117 91% 116 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.1 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 1,724 Mixed 1,767 440% 1,983 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 36.4 198% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 38.7 68% 126 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 23GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14941 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2174 (B1) Unknown 96 96 139 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 93 6324 (EB) Unknown 99 99 370 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35305537959	89.9% Excellent	Read 502 Write 362 Mixed 412 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 20.9 116% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 67.1 116% 229 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 94 (03) Spinup time 145 145 25810829748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2487 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 219044511784 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 163 Write 130 Mixed 121 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 92%
VendorCo ProductCode 4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 5678, generic Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 5.76 Mixed 7.52 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.98 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3466 C16 4x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 152%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	341x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

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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Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16