Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.96% 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	157% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 21:59
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 722 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.48 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 813 614 849 863 850 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,284 Write 922 Mixed 845 SusWrite 786 215% 959 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 35.1 140% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 156 162% 283 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 255%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 954GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1111 1445 1468 1435 1447 1390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,494 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 1,383 300% 1,329 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 71.6 242% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 266 310% 532 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 255%
WD WD101KFBX-68R56N0 10TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 170 173 172 167 179 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 228 Mixed 103 SusWrite 173 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 323% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 136%
WD WD101KFBX-68R56N0 10TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 217 201 226 222 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 218 Mixed 104 SusWrite 219 137% 187 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.2 334% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 136%
WD WD101KFBX-68R56N0 10TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 8TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 223 214 237 225 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 223 Mixed 101 SusWrite 226 140% 192 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1 297% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 6TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 187 186 184 184 184 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 163 Mixed 77 SusWrite 184 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 112%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 191 180 199 192 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 193 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.7 226% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 135%

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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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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