Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 06:06
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 309 104% 188 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 877 88% 717 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 161 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202	83% Excellent	Read 517 Write 357 Mixed 353 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 10.4 101% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 47.8 96% 197 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83683064 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22263524 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (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 70 56 538116126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 51539607582 (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 59949153518446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7969740846 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20033998408	112% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 188 Mixed 166 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 683GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116361784 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 56414542153 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1896 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11142 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 51539607588 (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 -39621073285439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107336806334 (F2) Unknown 100 253 118455775163	72.8% Very good	Read 148 Write 106 Mixed 128 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 183GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 124405940 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84793982 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5975 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 689307688 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 54 153310098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.8% Average	Read 71.3 Write 70.9 Mixed 61.1 51% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 43%
Generic External 2TB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 136GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 39.9 Mixed 38.5 51% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 23%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 21GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 40.7 Mixed 34.3 49% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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: $1,213

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