Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.66% 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	201% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , , , ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 14:03
Run Duration	685 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 280 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 844 79% 655 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.41 5% 8.16 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,735 Write 1,099 Mixed 912 275% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 25.5 188% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 53.9 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 27.1 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
WD WD20NPVT-00Z2TT0 2TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 219GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 207 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5799 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4076 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5567 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.6% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 85.4 Mixed 86.5 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 168 1391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1112 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 783 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77887 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.5% Good	Read 127 Write 112 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 931GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 109 Write 98.6 Mixed 57.8 108% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.27 25% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer 64GB 3,567 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 60GB free, PID 5530, Sandisk Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	9.14% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 3.14 Mixed 4.93 9% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 3.85 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 1.09 101% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.14% Great: 17%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 27GB free, PID 6338 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 76.1 Mixed 47.5 83% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.31 41% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 31%
930 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 2.67 Mixed 3.67 8% 8.29 MB/s	4K Read 1.79 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.003 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FAD BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

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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 $179	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