Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	53.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 03:06
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 719 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.8% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 70 61% 75 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 65.9 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 66%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.8 76% 96.3 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 88 Splatting 92.4 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 602GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107402035519 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 188979478571 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1318573048115 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12755 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10548 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16942 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51% Above average	Read 486 Write 199 Mixed 160 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 9.71 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 64.8 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 17.4 24% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 538GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7031 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20054241 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 968 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 44 188979740712 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 274879742016 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2025 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4912 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4325 (F2) Unknown 253 253 50361 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.8% Above average	Read 490 Write 234 Mixed 238 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 23.2 4K Mixed 12.2 59% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 64.9 DQ Write 47.7 DQ Mixed 22.3 26% 45 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 314 Mixed 181 203% 274 MB/s	4K Read 2.15 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.51 188% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 213%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 37.6 Mixed 31.4 46% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C16 Series 2x8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 11.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 118%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	995x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	252x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	50x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,163

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