Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	91.6% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 08:56
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 408 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 85% 110 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 86.8 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 276GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 401 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 71 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 54 52 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1178851921	84.7% Excellent	Read 380 Write 309 Mixed 314 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 36.5 138% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 107 101% 161 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9175 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2360 (B1) Unknown 97 97 103 (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 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30662228996	91.6% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 225 Mixed 382 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 29.2 151% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 81.8 116% 218 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 118%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 34GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4420 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 104013 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 15814901 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1011527396 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	32.5% Below average	Read 187 Write 41.9 Mixed 67.9 21% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 7.07 66% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 44.8 45% 75 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 36%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (10) Unknown 0 200 6879294624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1738 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 145 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 853GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 228 224 8566 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6336 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.9% Good	Read 128 Write 98.6 Mixed 83.4 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA - $400

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	495x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	160x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
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	26x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16