Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 98.8 50% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 193 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 71.7 58% 72.2 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 58.7 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13786 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1220 (B1) Unknown 96 96 196 (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 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3392 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76500607106
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 141444203 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13348611 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 84031035150364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (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 73 63 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9246 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 51488067947200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2072280026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 443318863	93.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 170 Mixed 118 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 105%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 175 7516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13281 (C2) HDA temperature 123 94 29 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 77.3 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 96 13655944 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8628890047 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 273 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 221488 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22265110442957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17300202969 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30732838380	92.8% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 164 Mixed 103 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 113%
Inateck ASM1153E 750GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 210GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 33.4 Mixed 32.5 25% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 65%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 130GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 200 2933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3232 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 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	58.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 72.2 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.35 123% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.9 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 45%

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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 $22Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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