Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	186% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	16.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 21:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 138 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 819 76% 633 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 89% 110 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.5 75% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 490 462 497 477 497 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 754 Mixed 595 SusWrite 482 205% 934 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.5 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 363 314% 482 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,791 Write 6,911 Mixed 6,028 1,469% 6,577 MB/s	4K Read 198 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 146 565% 164 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 722 565% 784 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 374GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1296 1346 1086 101 77 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,460 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,036 SusWrite 663 260% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 63.7 232% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 271 313% 532 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 543GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 82 92 83 90 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 88 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2963 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 28.5 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	338x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	232x
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	80x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	56x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	52x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,236

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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