Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 07:28
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 166 2-Core 329 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 914 95% 763 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 122 68% 89.1 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 78.6 64% 77.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 695 669 699 704 685 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,041 Write 1,138 Mixed 489 SusWrite 696 189% 841 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.7 172% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 425 415% 660 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 195%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 95GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 199 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 495 Mixed 401 SusWrite 170 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.4 171% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 203 189% 291 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$85 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 151GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10,608 Write 9,548 Mixed 9560 2,210% 9,906 MB/s	4K Read 739 4K Write 380 4K Mixed 385 1,815% 502 MB/s	DQ Read 1,748 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 1,350 1,055% 1,463 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 240GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 97 98 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 94.1 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 96.1 56% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 254GB free Firmware: GR2OA230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 88 88 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 68.9 Write 64.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 86.8 44% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 29.8 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 34.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	179x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	341x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16