Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% 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	375% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 851 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 123% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 107 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D28 280GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 2,257 Write 1,892 Mixed 2,279 478% 2,143 MB/s	4K Read 191 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 115 529% 160 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 148 137% 210 MB/s
Poor: 276% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 679%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 197GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 3,042 Write 2,401 Mixed 2,095 558% 2,513 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.9 150% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 21.7 37% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234628448 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4989613 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (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 75 56 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19445 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 85899345945 (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 -54662048775413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4334118036 (F2) Unknown 100 253 291234330836	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 164 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 36.3 119% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 35.1 107% 37.3 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 131%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,153x
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	90x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,214

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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