Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.95% 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	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 17:06
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 799 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6577 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 640 636 636 639 636 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1249 Write 1,075 Mixed 587 SusWrite 666 200% 894 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 61.7 238% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 964 775% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 254%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 100GB free Firmware: 4L7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 325 321 317 312 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,696 Write 1270 Mixed 826 SusWrite 346 230% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 92.5 322% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,583 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,040 872% 1,271 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 236%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 197GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 103 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 68 SusWrite 104 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 281GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 106 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 85.1 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 107 112% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 19.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,222

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