Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 00:35
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (89^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 826 83% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 89 78% 94.7 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 80.8 68% 83.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 553 568 562 574 573 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 566 Mixed 487 SusWrite 560 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 52.6 178% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 755 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 436 362% 530 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 276 274 274 274 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 262 Mixed 340 SusWrite 313 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 52 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 232 207% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 323GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 76 77 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 93.5 Write 82 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 77.4 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 68%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 197 197 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 202 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 197 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 122%

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Workstation 103%

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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 $409Bench 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 $113Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $942

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 $46

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