Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 00:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 816 84% 675 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 91.5 78% 95.8 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 73.1 67% 83.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 931GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9120 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1040 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 63 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1034 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22066960356	93.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 339 Mixed 358 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 24.6 142% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 24.6 81% 178 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,407 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,368 298% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 56 237% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 54.2 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 38.8 52% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 353%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1177 (E8) Unknown 100 100 43386964610 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	94% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 481 Mixed 429 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 20.9 133% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 103 92% 131 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 106%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 200 194 2975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1541 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 27 (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 0	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 199 Mixed 188 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.65 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.33 184% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 3x8GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 29.9 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	341x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,187

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16