Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 19:18
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 833 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4901 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.98% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.31 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.98% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 931GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,833 Write 1,495 Mixed 1,584 434% 1,971 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 56.1 222% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 191 218% 375 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 65 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 99801004	102% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 415 Mixed 429 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 42.2 160% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 26 53% 100 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 139GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 665720455170 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 44 387907609 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 1012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4390979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 63945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45% Average	Read 75.4 Write 81.4 Mixed 65.6 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.14% Terrible	Read 28.4 Write 10.3 Mixed 8.71 16% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.19 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.009 28% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$127 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 120%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	573x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	141x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	122x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	234x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	117x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	61x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	58x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	49x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	51x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	45x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	29x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $956

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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