Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.02% 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	224% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 15:05
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 780 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.44 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 1145 1150 978 1093 1154 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,272 Write 1,080 Mixed 905 SusWrite 1,098 245% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 71.2 246% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 270 315% 539 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 255%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 173 170 174 169 173 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 171 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 218% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 122%
WD WD101KFBX-68R56N0 10TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 169 173 172 167 179 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 234 Mixed 106 SusWrite 173 135% 184 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1 289% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 136%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 122 117 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 156 Write 162 Mixed 82 SusWrite 119 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.8 230% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 175 173 178 170 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 175 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.7 215% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25EA 4TB 1,124 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 31.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 37 46% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 58%
HP v115w 16GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 3d07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 10 10 9.9 9.4 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.55% Terrible	Read 33.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 9.7 13% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 40% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 135%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,158x
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	340x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16