Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	311% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 02:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 772 82% 652 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.27 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,419 Write 1,905 Mixed 1,894 461% 2,073 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 53.2 244% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 260 277% 459 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 353%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 112GB free Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,930 Write 746 Mixed 1,130 347% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 57.2 258% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 597 DQ Mixed 36.6 192% 436 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 273%
Toshiba- VT180 51GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 48GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 499 Write 428 Mixed 455 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 12.2 109% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 13.1 62% 128 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 106%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 189 Mixed 192 145% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.38 168% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 33 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 172%

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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 $127Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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