Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$242 712,312 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)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 694 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 100 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$69 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8593735720 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 49 219043332139 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835230221 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 175 (EA) Unknown 100 100 380 (F1) Unknown 253 253 266 (F2) Unknown 253 253 230 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 483 Write 215 Mixed 196 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 3.55 46% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 3.47 49% 119 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 235809421 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 2952130 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 74186970103829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 605356068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 85899345956 (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 -6545530159083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1471450009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1453718999	82.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 117 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.15 52% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 105%
Samsung G2 Portable 500GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 80GB free, PID 6033 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 42.4 Mixed 35.3 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.14 42% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 21%
Kingston DT microDuo 16GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 5.88 Mixed 8.58 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.86 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 37% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 15.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 120%

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,214

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) $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