Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 03:12
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 658 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.3 63% 76.3 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 66.3 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 66%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 88.8 79% 96.4 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92 Splatting 95.6 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17203527955 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 968 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 223339479079 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335009284174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2631 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5990 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5327 (F2) Unknown 253 253 51503 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.9% Above average	Read 499 Write 257 Mixed 263 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 13.5 58% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 35.1 41% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63496688 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40225427 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (B4) Unknown 100 100 812670987 (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 54 53 773062702 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2370 (C2) HDA temperature 46 47 73014444078 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 166 Mixed 152 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 314 Write 301 Mixed 197 201% 271 MB/s	4K Read 2.17 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.56 202% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 213%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 702GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 66.6 Mixed 39.8 68% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 44%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free, PID 0316 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	6.34% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 7.93 Mixed 11.3 15% 14 MB/s	4K Read 5.29 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 21% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.34% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C16 Series 2x8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 31.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 118%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	998x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	252x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	50x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	41x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	34x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,133

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 $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