Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	236% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 15:13
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 652 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 199 Parallax 174 145% 184 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,155 321% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 44.6 206% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 198 220% 377 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 107 Mixed 78.6 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 115168633 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6134396 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -97968204021376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (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 56 572325922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 736 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 124554051618 (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 46359876993326 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4027264374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1018803764	81.8% Excellent	Read 139 Write 146 Mixed 127 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 316GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 96.2 Mixed 96.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 139GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18638003 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 200925167 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3140 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 622723109 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 103079215141 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 48 18638003 (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 -19980187847537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1520971782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3658928605	51.1% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 91.4 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 58%
hp v220w 16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 6.48 Mixed 8.8 14% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.74 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.004 29% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 101%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	179x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	341x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,183

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16