Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	22.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '20 at 17:08
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 96.9 42% 68.6 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 180 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 100% 131 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 60GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0111A SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 64 84 86 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.2% Poor	Read 106 Write 70.8 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 79.1 18% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 4.6 39% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 7.5 17% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 67%
Speeding HDD 0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 920GB free Firmware: 1.2569 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 44 44 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	Read 107 Write 52.4 Mixed 46 SusWrite 43.4 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%
Maxtor STM31000333AS 1TB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 931GB free Firmware: MC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 120 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 120 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 65%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 153 155 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 154 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 100%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 128GB 589 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 110GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 29.5 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 27.5 40% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.4 240% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 42%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

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 $25Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16