Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA  (all builds)
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140605
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 77.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
76% 135 Pts
4-Core 361
8-Core 594
58% 478 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB
CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
21.2% Poor
Lighting 24.8
Reflection 23.8
Parallax 30.2
20% 26.3 fps
MRender 32.1
Gravity 28.9
Splatting 25.3
23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.2%
Great: 21%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 113
Parallax 98
89% 107 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 99
Splatting 100
81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177
118GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 438 414 414 339 453 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Read 379
Write 423
Mixed 317
SusWrite 408
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 35
134% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 282
232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 108%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18
20GB free
Firmware: 01.01M03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 99 99 99 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 108
Write 101
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 99
69% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 104%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130
7TB free (System drive)
Firmware: AR17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 141 126 127 121 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 78.2
Write 128
Mixed 59
SusWrite 127
72% 98 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.2
150% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49% Average
MC Read 16.9
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 15.4
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 15.9
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 86
46% 86 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 49%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Builds (Compare 833 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $761
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