Asus Maximus Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.01% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 15:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme X9650-$850 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 53% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 84.1 46% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 173 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 022A) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 2.41 7% 7.48 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 3.53 Splatting 14.5 8% 8.54 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 171 172 166 126 172 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.9% Good	Read 260 Write 254 Mixed 228 SusWrite 158 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 32.5 111% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 151 109% 144 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 97%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 258GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 119 120 117 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 116 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.4 251% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 892GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 85 86 86 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 95 Write 69.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 83.8 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 68%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 187GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 114 113 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 112 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 45%

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Typical Maximus Formula Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	5x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
Burst Elite 240GBPatriotBench 68%, 2,182 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
INTENSO 256GBBench 72%, 4,055 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	39x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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