Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	180% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-$241 712,312 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)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 704 69% 568 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.67% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 9.22 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 9.47 Splatting 12.8 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 190GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 219044315169 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4076727772 (F7) Unknown 100 100 127441666 (F8) Unknown 100 100 59624586 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3551 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 338 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 26 113% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 14.4 70% 159 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,415 Write 785 Mixed 992 235% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 42 200% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 104 146% 274 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 243%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 6.29 Mixed 9.12 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.94 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 26% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,153x
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	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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	56x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,213

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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