Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 00:05
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 422 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 120% 124 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 86.9 74% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 80GB free Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3257292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 104573863730493 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2931 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 324 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 38657654809 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3257292 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3257292 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3257292 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 860 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1461 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1461 (F2) Unknown 0 0 725	51.6% Above average	Read 379 Write 254 Mixed 297 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 11.1 66% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 53.7 36% 42 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 89%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11177 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4656 (B1) Unknown 95 95 170 (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 76 61 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 429 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25625342368	57.2% Above average	Read 505 Write 208 Mixed 248 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 19.5 74% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 11.6 15% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 48316496 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1098791 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 44941 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 448 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 43625 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8529805049654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1686183813 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26544474076	90.4% Outstanding	Read 137 Write 177 Mixed 126 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.67 198% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 727GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10659 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5717 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 610 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10048 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 25 (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 2	50.3% Above average	Read 77.3 Write 97.5 Mixed 98.3 69% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.35 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 76%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 732GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 34.4 Mixed 21.4 38% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 119%

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA - $349

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	396x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	105x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	19x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16