Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131120
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 12:11
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 188 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 539 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26902 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 203 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32180550629
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 36GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 174 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7034 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 30 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 87.9 Mixed 81.1 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1885 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 86%

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

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	495x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	35x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $98Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	26x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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