Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 20:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 310 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 614 81% 607 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 2001 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 73.1 68% 79.6 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 63.6 60% 74.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3626 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 177 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441870 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 783 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 78 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8617	85.1% Excellent	Read 520 Write 359 Mixed 359 91% 413 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 10.3 109% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 9.95 78% 182 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 111GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1568 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 115 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 91932 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 268 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 532 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124296 (F2) Unknown 100 100 241023 (F5) Unknown 100 100 183864	72.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 223 Mixed 254 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 19.8 126% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 36.3 34% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$59 127 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 981 Write 518 Mixed 684 161% 728 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 37.9 182% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 25.8 87% 184 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146312472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33277311 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28604 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90915867718549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18359647404 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128885568192	100% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 160 Mixed 179 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3235 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 33.7 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 33.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,156x
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	91x

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: $1,213

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16