Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	229% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	520 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 544 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,696 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,323 317% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 46.5 253% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 205 160% 210 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 74GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15565 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 820 (B1) Unknown 95 95 149 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 511 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25960664501	70.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 158 Mixed 219 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 20.5 99% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 63.6 101% 196 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 116%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 172034388 (03) Spinup time 87 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 829759069 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 18562848658986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 623050788 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 476 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10341 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 172034388 (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 -139835545220695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8124003580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2652164870
Poor: 34% Great: 94%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 197 7308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 51 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9061 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 36 (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	89.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 163 Mixed 91.9 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.23 116% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 165 1175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1422 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 760 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 725034 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (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 2	53.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 84.5 Mixed 29.5 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 236GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 227 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2455 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 35 (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	42.1% Average	Read 77.9 Write 68.5 Mixed 56.5 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 76%
WDC WD60 EFRX-68L0BN1 6TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID 0567 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 39.5 52% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 65%
ASMT ASM1156-PM 1TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 338GB free, PID 55aa Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 77.3 Write 79.1 Mixed 35 78% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 74%
ASMT ASM1156-PM 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 255GB free, PID 55aa Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 84.7 Write 108 Mixed 74.6 117% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 78%
WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Y9A0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 152GB free, PID 0c25 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 36.8 Mixed 39 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 16GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 5406 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 4.87 Mixed 7.62 12% 13 MB/s	4K Read 8.85 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 34% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 107%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,000x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	253x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	50x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	41x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	35x

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Total price: $1,128

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