Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	291% 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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 304 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 860 87% 706 Pts	64-Core 867 54% 867 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ1LV960HCJH-000MU 960GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 894GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 835 Mixed 861 198% 889 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 51.6 207% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 661 DQ Mixed 119 245% 497 MB/s
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 202%
Samsung MZ1LV960HCJH-000MU 960GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 894GB free Firmware: BXV76M8Q Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 627 Mixed 678 151% 678 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 28.1 158% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 722 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 103 235% 487 MB/s
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 202%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,724 Write 1,420 Mixed 1,462 411% 1,869 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 35.7 193% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 35.4 255% 595 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 217GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,638 Write 1,165 Mixed 1,371 378% 1,725 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 26.6 188% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53.9 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 24.9 43% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Plextor PX-128M7VC 128GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 119GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3959 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1473 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12161 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 624 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1140 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675 (F2) Unknown 100 100 487	88.5% Excellent	Read 458 Write 342 Mixed 353 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 29.7 121% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 17.4 84% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 95%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 277 Mixed 416 106% 482 MB/s	4K Read 222 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 117 554% 156 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 365 230% 261 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 328%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 217 217 38670631243 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1444 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14363 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979806236 (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 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 162 Mixed 160 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 120%

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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 $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