Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131120
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 200 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 520 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3036) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.3% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 28 Parallax 38.4 21% 30.8 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 36.3 27% 33 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15849 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1411 (B1) Unknown 86 86 169 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73696896287	94.4% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 345 Mixed 350 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 26.8 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 29.7 83% 182 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 118%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 460GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11091 (C2) HDA temperature 129 111 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.6 Mixed 85.3 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 30GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 175082879 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4738329623 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3825 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 231 (BC) Unknown 100 91 3430 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 57 369950742 (C2) HDA temperature 22 43 47244640278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 30 175082879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104539503943374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 585146274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3599084984	33.1% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 56.8 Mixed 58 44% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.42 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 58%
Seagate M3 1TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 527GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 34.8 Write 40.1 Mixed 35.1 48% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.33 204% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 53%
HGST 1TB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 200GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 70.3 Write 69.5 Mixed 66 88% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 12GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 38.7 Write 40.6 Mixed 31.7 47% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.34 198% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2666 C11 2x4GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 85%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	494x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	26x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $761

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