Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	16.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 02:46
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 666 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 157 Parallax 144 112% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 512GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28073 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (E8) Unknown 100 100 32555218291 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	60.5% Good	Read 257 Write 184 Mixed 200 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14 104% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 71.5 89% 159 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105816520 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8671601369 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 1100100206625 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51972 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 100 105816520 (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 -119571889516958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15893733846 (F2) Unknown 100 253 154638954139	51.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 75 Mixed 68.9 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.54 170% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 85 139813488 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4369046689 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 294 (BC) Unknown 100 97 42951704614 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 521535517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34594 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 139813488 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 96 1176 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 96 1176 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50405736182958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40175814092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90390323757	56.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.9 Mixed 60.7 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.85 4K Mixed 0.37 180% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 141%

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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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Value: 64% - Good

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