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Asus Maximus Formula

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Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	88.1% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus Formula (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '16 at 17:26
Run Duration	859 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450-$110 5,335 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 74 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 76.3 42% 62.9 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 149 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 133 Parallax 129 82% 121 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24848 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 410 (B1) Unknown 83 83 170 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 93 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4196502206	34.2% Below average	Read 211 Write 49.9 Mixed 59.5 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 9.45 72% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 9.6 17% 32 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$95 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 162 162 21501313327 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4949 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4949 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 261994184750 (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 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 68.4 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.18 107% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$95 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 639GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 163 163 25794511175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4717 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 240519413804 (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 200 200 0	78.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 123 Mixed 60.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 89GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 122 122 21495349565 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10418 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 118 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1927 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11202 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 261993988145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 119 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 268 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 65.4 Mixed 20.5 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 164552618 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11384 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 500 (07) Seek error rate 41 39 5617834542954 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 84 704385384639 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 49 22181969962 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 11 164552618 (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 8899172261719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1512892269 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4256964618	36.9% Below average	Read 63 Write 65.2 Mixed 17.3 35% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 68%
ASMT 2105 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 28.4 Mixed 9.08 27% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 61%
ASMT 2105 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 29.1 Mixed 23.8 36% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.51 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 61%
ASMT 2105 3TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 11GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 29.2 Mixed 6.56 26% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 58%
GO! Finder 2GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 2272 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 4.02 Mixed 0.56 5% 6.02 MB/s	4K Read 2.98 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 12% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 5%
ASMT 2105 3TB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 0GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 17.9 Mixed 11.7 23% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.19 33% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 45%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $50Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $53Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
Burst Elite 240GBPatriotBench 68%, 2,182 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
INTENSO 256GBBench 72%, 4,055 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400