Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	267% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 15:45
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	GIB-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 308 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 884 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 113 Reflection 122 Parallax 122 92% 119 fps	Gravity 100 Splatting 97.9 88% 99.2 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 506GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3780 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 637 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 140 (EB) Unknown 99 99 186 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28562864411	107% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 410 Mixed 424 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33.5 154% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 142 159% 273 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,626 Write 1,271 Mixed 1,476 394% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 45 193% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 245 275% 471 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 370GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8388 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1249 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 324 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16958985788	82% Excellent	Read 498 Write 113 Mixed 345 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 28.8 139% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 102 133% 242 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 125%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5157 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 734 (B1) Unknown 98 98 60 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10045509394	78.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 368 Mixed 429 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 21.9 91% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 75.6 88% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 66 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 137 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 764GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 130 85% 130 MB/s

Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 32GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 22GB free, PID 1a01 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 157 Write 32.3 Mixed 28.8 67% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 47% 4.09 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 38%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 1GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	Read 90.9 Write 118 Mixed 98.4 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.12 56% 0.68 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,151x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	338x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	232x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,236

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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