Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.7% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20100415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 20:17
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 75 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 93.6 47% 73.1 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 101 14% 101 Pts	64-Core 99.1 6% 99.1 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB; ZOTAC GTX 1070 Ti Amp! Edition CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 98% 135 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0520AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 27 (A3) Unknown 100 100 299 (94) Unknown 100 100 105437 (95) Unknown 100 100 1507 (96) Unknown 100 100 1307 (97) Unknown 100 100 1485 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36391 (A5) Unknown 100 100 89 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41962571366433 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148938 (F2) Unknown 100 100 129095 (F5) Unknown 100 100 214934 (F6) Unknown 100 100 210874 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	57.6% Above average	Read 233 Write 237 Mixed 230 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 20.1 105% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 22.6 28% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 100%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13581 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11717 (C2) HDA temperature 122 84 28 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.1% Below average	Read 63 Write 66 Mixed 21.2 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 51%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 104GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 144 5016 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11339 (C2) HDA temperature 116 67 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.6% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 54.8 Mixed 25.2 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 6GB free Firmware: V5DOA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 110 110 25792020821 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4129 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7498 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 249108430882 (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 200 253 0	19.9% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 34.3 Mixed 17.5 21% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 35%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 53GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 33.6 Mixed 36.4 46% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.13 4K Write 3.33 4K Mixed 1.64 192% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	23.5% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 44%

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus II Formula

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	10x
Core2 Extreme X9650Intel $850Bench 53%, 3,122 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	3x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	3x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	3x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	33x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	5x

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Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $624

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