Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 20:50
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 265 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 695 75% 594 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 318430333	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 402 Mixed 422 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 40.6 151% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 23.2 91% 204 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3315581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 78443282700457 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1503 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 699 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 55 81607983136 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 81607983136 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3315581 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3315581 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3315581 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11151 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6715 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6715 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5928	62.6% Good	Read 368 Write 172 Mixed 201 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 13.4 104% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 10.8 53% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 87%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3087173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 69630009810365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 662 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 1712 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3087173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3087173 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3087173 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6834 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6467 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6467 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9423	55.5% Above average	Read 368 Write 135 Mixed 195 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 10.4 98% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 75.2 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 39.9 49% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 82%
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 103GB free Firmware: SBFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 73 73 370 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25	66.9% Good	Read 278 Write 279 Mixed 227 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 10.9 98% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 15.2 76% 169 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 80%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1898 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	82.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 136 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.4 135% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 86%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	499x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	161x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	55x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $104Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	27x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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