Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 133% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	101% 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	237% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 14:49
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$291 78,299 User benchmarks - Average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	SC Int 137 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 140 112% 141 Pts	QC Int 464 QC Float 485 QC Mixed 470 107% 473 Pts	MC Int 711 MC Float 802 MC Mixed 765 114% 759 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 111%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$410 151,116 User benchmarks - Average bench 101% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 310 Reflection 293 Parallax 315 96% 306 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 294 Splatting 229 104% 243 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$230 12,842 User benchmarks - Average bench 229% 355GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,236 Write 1,286 Mixed 1,388 361% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 27 188% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 242 212% 297 MB/s
Poor: 180% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 274%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$77 4,696 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 100 14581832 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 30756 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 589365282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37160057045002 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8270486 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6480480	83.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 139 Mixed 136 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$44 66,018 User benchmarks - Average bench 58% 105GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3025 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6158 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 88.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 103 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$335 1,293 User benchmarks - Average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 129%

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Desktop 137%

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Workstation 98%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $389

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $291Bench 99%, 78,299 samples	1,431x
Core i7-6700KIntel $314Bench 92%, 134,212 samples	125x
Core i7-7700Intel $271Bench 87%, 14,773 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080 TiNvidia $754Bench 156%, 31,932 samples	506x
GTX 1080Nvidia $524Bench 127%, 105,677 samples	457x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 101%, 151,116 samples	177x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $298Bench 268%, 5,832 samples	181x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $149Bench 97%, 97,875 samples	165x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $230Bench 229%, 12,842 samples	154x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 2,925 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $152Bench 84%, 33,980 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $163Bench 88%, 20,343 samples	43x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $291	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $149

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20