Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '15 at 20:04
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 121 2-Core 226 80% 174 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 406 51% 389 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 75.7 66% 81.3 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 70 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 82 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180388626459 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18302248847 (F7) Unknown 100 100 578698769 (F8) Unknown 100 100 745834301	74% Very good	Read 499 Write 271 Mixed 351 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 16.2 119% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 18.4 30% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 91%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$229 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 136 11625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (10) Unknown 2 198 37655850181 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4452 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 146 Mixed 153 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 591GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3228 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	76.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 113 Mixed 114 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.39 120% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	494x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	26x

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Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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