Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	81.4% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 21:28
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 713 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 209 Parallax 209 149% 200 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 191 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 138GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1115 1168 1149 1147 507 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,520 Write 1,214 Mixed 902 SusWrite 889 253% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 59.3 219% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,118 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 564 466% 689 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 247%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 203 216 200 220 222 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 420 Write 253 Mixed 196 SusWrite 220 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 31.9 131% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 120 126% 211 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 684GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 119 132 134 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 90.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 128 70% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 34 38 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 38 24% 33 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 7,847 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,156x
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	91x

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: $1,213

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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