Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Maximus II Formula  (all builds)
Memory6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20080820
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 28 '16 at 02:45
Run Duration164 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100
LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
48.2% Average
Memory 72.9
1-Core 33.7
2-Core 69
40% 58.5 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 138
18% 138 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 48.2%
Great: 50%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7563
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
63.4% Good
Lighting 79.2
Reflection 80.2
Parallax 69.2
64% 76.2 fps
MRender 73
Gravity 74
Splatting 76.1
61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID 32GB
18GB free
Firmware: 02.10104 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
19.8% Very poor
Read 145
Write 94.2
Mixed 115
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 2.11
4K Mixed 1.7
30% 7.2 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 21%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 149GB
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
62% Good
Read 91.8
Write 123
Mixed 113
82% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.91
4K Write 3.71
4K Mixed 0.7
184% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 62%
Great: 87%
OCZ-VERTEX 32GB
4GB free
Firmware: 1.4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
20.6% Poor
MC Read 7.4
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 6.1
18% 6.43 GB/s
SC Read 6
SC Write 6
SC Mixed 6.3
17% 6.1 GB/s
Latency 94.8
42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 20.6%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Maximus II Formula Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Maximus II Formula

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 26% - Poor Total price: $624
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