Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	13.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080623
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 16:33
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37% Below average	Memory 57.4 1-Core 31.9 2-Core 64.1 34% 51.1 Pts	4-Core 93.9 8-Core 120 14% 107 Pts	64-Core 88.2 6% 88.2 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.7.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 16 Parallax 21.3 14% 18.1 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 17.7 13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 69 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 331 Write 123 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 75.1 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 25.9 76% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 114 86% 115 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 31GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 79 88 89 83 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 56 Write 51.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 86.1 40% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 62%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 722GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 70 79 79 74 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 79.4 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 22GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 73 77 80 78 90 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 72.5 Write 71 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 79.5 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 62GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 77 78 80 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 42.8 Write 96.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 79.6 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 88%
Speeding HDD 0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 18GB free Firmware: 1.2569 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 28 29 30 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.5% Below average	Read 99.8 Write 43 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 30.3 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.3 226% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 44%
ASMT 2115 2TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 15 14 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 25.8 Write 26.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 14.8 29% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 111%
Kingston DataTraveler 108 16GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID 1660 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.7 6.2 6.4 5.5 6.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 14.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 5.7 8% 7.12 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.4 47% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 9%
LEXAR JUMPDRIVE ELITE 1GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID a410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.5 8.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 4.8 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 7.4 9% 6.95 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 27% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 5%
TDK Trans-it 8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 1e23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7.5 8.8 8.6 9.5 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 9.1 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 8.6 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 9%

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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	17% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 3.9 11% 3.7 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 45%

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

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 $117Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16