Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	216% 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 20:36
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 241 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 655 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 192 Parallax 175 146% 182 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 950 1111 1112 1116 1104 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 1,656 Mixed 708 SusWrite 1,052 281% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42 166% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,035 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 726 570% 799 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 881GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1462 1264 1261 1209 1191 1187 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,851 Write 1,716 Mixed 933 SusWrite 1,262 323% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 48.7 163% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,113 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 887 674% 917 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 35 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 131 Write 56 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 27.3 84% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2.9 203% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 7GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 48 19 24 25 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 154 Write 50.6 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 32.9 88% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.9 145% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 120%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,153x
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	90x

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: $1,214

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