Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 18:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 277 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 838 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB; Asus Poseidon CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 128 Parallax 179 152% 165 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 1,394 Mixed 1,582 395% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 55.1 219% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 35.4 122% 267 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 353%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 127 127 42985587235 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1360 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 279174053935 (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 200 200 1	40.1% Average	Read 66.6 Write 72.9 Mixed 104 62% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 621GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982441459 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 582 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 210454642729 (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 200 200 0	73.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 115 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 226GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101582392 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 120281186262 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (B7) Unknown 57 57 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 142 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 605552676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1320 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 68719476772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 193 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73491185404411 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16018023693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69075950486	70.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 105 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.13 53% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 98%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $1,214

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) $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