Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	180% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '24 at 21:13
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 595 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1263) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.34 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 96 Parallax 88.6 80% 94.2 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 76.3 71% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 635 309 307 308 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,372 Write 1,207 Mixed 984 SusWrite 425 223% 997 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 62.4 209% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 615 DQ Mixed 806 593% 787 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 443 451 467 471 345 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 463 Mixed 454 SusWrite 410 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 48 160% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 443 451 466 471 328 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 461 Mixed 417 SusWrite 407 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 39.3 141% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 798GB free, PID 0800 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 41 40 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.2 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 40.3 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	30	72.3"	1280 720	UMC0000 UMC-BLAUPUNKT

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	179x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	341x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16