Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive210% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 01 '19 at 07:14
Run Duration169 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 138
2-Core 255
88% 159 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 686
70% 566 Pts
64-Core 676
42% 676 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 188
Parallax 188
141% 183 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 170
Splatting 121
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
256GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 1104 663 601 599 598 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
210% Outstanding
Read 1,224
Write 785
Mixed 1,101
SusWrite 767
217% 969 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 70
226% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 1,064
DQ Write 886
DQ Mixed 989
737% 979 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 210%
Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
359GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 425 440 445 445 441 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 454
Write 418
Mixed 364
SusWrite 434
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 78.3
4K Mixed 37.8
149% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 357
263% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 105%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 196 195 196 196 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 182
Mixed 81
SusWrite 196
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 108%
Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
772GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 92 93 93 94 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
43.4% Average
Read 58.3
Write 65.5
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 92.8
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 59%
JetFlash Transcend 64GB
47GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 24 25 25 25 26 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
26.2% Poor
Read 102
Write 29
Mixed 57
SusWrite 28.5
63% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 2.3
140% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 26.2%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.9% Above average
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 18.6
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX FORMULA Builds (Compare 1,523 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,187
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