Asus Maximus II Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 34% 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 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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 colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 16:45
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	27%

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 Xeon X5470 1,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 58.3 2-Core 116 51% 83.2 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 238 31% 232 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

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: 442.59 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 88% 118 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Maxtor STM31000333AS 60GB 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0111A SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 82 84 86 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 214 Write 67.5 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 74.6 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 6 57% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 33.9 DQ Mixed 7.1 10% 18.9 MB/s

WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 299GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 72 73 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 78.8 Write 79 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 71.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 51%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 166 166 160 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 131 Write 149 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 163 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 370GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 120 Write 9.7 Mixed 73 SusWrite 18.9 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 082A 2TB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 082a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 97 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 99.3 119% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%

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 (69^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 45%

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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%

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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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