Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 112 52% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 176 26% 188 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 40.6 36% 38 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.3 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 146 221 211 109 249 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.3% Good	Read 252 Write 239 Mixed 214 SusWrite 169 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 32.1 111% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 61.6 81% 146 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 94 106 113 111 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 116 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 107 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 110%

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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 45%

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

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Typical Maximus II Formula Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 12%

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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 $120Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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