Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.7% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 23:44
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 293 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 837 89% 709 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 94% 115 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 87.1 79% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 18527382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -36498632071679 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3288 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 600 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 57 64428245016 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18527382 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18527382 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18527382 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3491 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2953 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2953 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5276	59.2% Above average	Read 446 Write 77.9 Mixed 124 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 15.2 114% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 30.5 39% 69.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 219003576 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3164046 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 454164506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3170 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119056493443435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3841006448 (F2) Unknown 100 253 173956963477	92.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 164 Mixed 121 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 94%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 977GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4109 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2848 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 146 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.19 103% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 182GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 69 136715995 (03) Spinup time 95 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 56017133624 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7959 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 39 77797064733 (C2) HDA temperature 29 61 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 17 136715995 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	44.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 78.6 Mixed 76.1 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 214GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2229 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6409 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5615 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 31 (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	69.3% Good	Read 136 Write 106 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.45 129% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.8 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,153x
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	90x

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: $1,214

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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