Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 19:00
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 868 92% 732 Pts	64-Core 867 54% 867 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.69 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 17.4 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 68 65% 76.4 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 923GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2834 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 963 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8473729050	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 410 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.1 195% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 139 157% 270 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1,267 Mixed 1,217 342% 1,554 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 49.1 218% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 217 244% 424 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4871 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1799 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22411152606	120% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.7 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 129 153% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591593 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1901 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454511650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 156 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 848GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33505144 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14722431 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 38655295497 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47280 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 68719476767 (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 -111454401326735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 106728237235555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100788574955114	74.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 147 Mixed 117 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 502GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139282472 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4211392 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20261 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 64424509467 (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 33543694584427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13560927025 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49286566066	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 175 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,156x
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	91x

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: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,213

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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