Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 19:13
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 300 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 763 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 83% 106 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 84.3 72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,225 Write 1,455 Mixed 1,317 368% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 52.9 237% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 34.2 252% 589 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 302%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 299GB free Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7471175 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 561 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 35 150324903957 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130197518 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1139 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1185 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1153 (F2) Unknown 253 253 878 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 474 Write 352 Mixed 325 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 21.8 110% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 47.6 60% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 121%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 145GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5505087 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1309 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 64 274878890005 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310328850 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1191 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1373 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1314 (F2) Unknown 253 253 128 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 314 Mixed 387 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 26.6 128% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 60.3 116% 234 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $1,187

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