Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	222% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 20:53
Run Duration	348 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 676 63% 526 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 179 Parallax 174 131% 171 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 163 Splatting 110 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 326 326 325 325 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,498 Mixed 594 SusWrite 374 244% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 58.5 218% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,256 DQ Write 1,187 DQ Mixed 709 673% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 447GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 467 483 483 487 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 492 Mixed 382 SusWrite 478 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 157% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 191 189% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 223GB free Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 408 415 413 415 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 416 Mixed 342 SusWrite 412 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.5 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 178 177% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 223GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 432 429 429 427 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 438 Mixed 348 SusWrite 430 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.1 152% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 176 177% 283 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 434GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 485 487 489 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 491 Mixed 376 SusWrite 487 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 41.7 154% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 191 189% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 425GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1818 890 609 612 606 614 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,967 Write 1,702 Mixed 722 SusWrite 858 292% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 59.6 226% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 1329 DQ Mixed 1,082 850% 1,164 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 254%
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 160GB free Firmware: CS203045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1058 1047 988 989 981 986 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,178 Write 1,225 Mixed 788 SusWrite 1,008 236% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.6 189% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 874 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 610 512% 743 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 197%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.2 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,158x
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	340x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16