Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 13:34
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 768 68% 577 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 169 Parallax 167 125% 163 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 354GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 1422 1529 1561 1578 1644 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,931 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 1,511 394% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 71.3 246% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,187 DQ Write 1,183 DQ Mixed 1,250 922% 1,207 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 393%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 319 350 346 357 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 401 Write 349 Mixed 327 SusWrite 338 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 30.7 108% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 278 226% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 125%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 751GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 76.9 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 87%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 85 77 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 75.3 Write 64.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 79.8 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 87%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 81GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 92.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 69.7 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 144%

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

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	574x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	141x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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 $625Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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