Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 08:35
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$300 63,178 User benchmarks, average bench 111% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	SC Int 134 SC Float 139 SC Mixed 130 108% 134 Pts	QC Int 501 QC Float 574 QC Mixed 536 122% 537 Pts	MC Int 994 MC Float 1,221 MC Mixed 1,072 164% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 158GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 59 30 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6373188484	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 396 Mixed 419 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 43.1 156% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 119 129% 216 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$89 4,079 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 61GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -73993696574231 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3142 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 54 103082754082 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405042 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405042 (F2) Unknown 100 100 492789 (F9) Unknown 100 100 36879	64.9% Good	Read 485 Write 99.1 Mixed 192 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 18.7 110% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 41 64% 122 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$110 24,398 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 80 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	104% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 188 Mixed 180 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.56 144% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 194,279 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 820GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139040600 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37254488 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3092 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26088 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 98784247840 (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 -78980153601835 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20066680511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2498797080400	83.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 134 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$218 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 25 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 28.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 106%

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Desktop 140%

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Workstation 128%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 111%, 63,178 samples	326x
Core i5-8600KIntel $239Bench 104%, 22,241 samples	10x
Core i7-8700Intel $299Bench 104%, 8,187 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 155%, 121,501 samples	183x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	25x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $325Bench 261%, 19,146 samples	62x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 234%, 49,076 samples	41x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 92,427 samples	40x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,499 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 86%, 12,725 samples	17x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 93%, 387 samples	13x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12