Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 166 2-Core 331 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 641 8-Core 924 98% 783 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 122 68% 88.9 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 78.6 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 873 714 718 693 710 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 1,263 Mixed 854 SusWrite 746 228% 1016 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57.8 204% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 504 457% 696 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 195%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 93GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 204 124 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 498 Mixed 400 SusWrite 172 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.4 173% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 207 191% 292 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 152GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11,525 Write 9,536 Mixed 9,844 2,294% 10,302 MB/s	4K Read 793 4K Write 425 4K Mixed 350 1,875% 523 MB/s	DQ Read 1,802 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 1,377 1,076% 1,493 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 242GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 98.8 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 97.9 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 254GB free Firmware: GR2OA230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 79 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 69.3 Write 69.9 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 86.9 46% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 28.4 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 32.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $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: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,222

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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