Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 22:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 848 80% 665 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 506 501 497 495 491 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1,536 Mixed 673 SusWrite 536 253% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 61.5 241% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 769 640% 924 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 383GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 456 460 456 456 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 447 Mixed 287 SusWrite 456 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43 167% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 162 173% 287 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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

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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 $274	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 $184	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