Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 203 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 632 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 101 Reflection 56 Parallax 52.1 82% 69.7 fps	Gravity 51.1 Splatting 44 42% 47.6 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 226 208 118 52 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 412 Write 380 Mixed 305 SusWrite 162 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 31 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 34.2 72% 142 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 101%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 181GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 360 361 321 285 311 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 386 Write 352 Mixed 316 SusWrite 332 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 34.7 121% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 102 115% 193 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 104%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 307GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 98 93 96 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 167 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 94.8 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 219% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 97%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 199GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 82 80 74 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 88 Write 88.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 78.3 50% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 416GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 82 80 74 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 148 Write 124 Mixed 18 SusWrite 78.2 66% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 107%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 161GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 82 80 74 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 95 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 78.2 51% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 72%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 350GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 82 80 74 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 85 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 78.3 50% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 555GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 134 131 135 134 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 132 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 411GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 85 SusWrite 74.1 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 83%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 9201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 40 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 13 Mixed 24 SusWrite 40 22% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 79%
ST8000DM 004-2CX188 8TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7.5TB free, PID 0192 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 148 155 155 155 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 167 Write 152 Mixed 142 SusWrite 153 208% 154 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.9 204% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
ST8000VN 0022-2EL112 8TB 2.5TB free, PID 0192 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 148 154 154 155 151 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.4% Good	Read 141 Write 118 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 132 163% 122 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 182% 4.37 MB/s

ST8000DM 004-2CX188 8TB 8GB free, PID 0192 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 1.4 0.9 1.7 1.4 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.7% Below average	Read 98.7 Write 110 Mixed 102 SusWrite 23.6 111% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 3.93 MB/s

ST8000DM 004-2CX188 8TB 2TB free, PID 0192 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 1.2 0.6 1.9 1.4 1.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.8% Poor	Read 86.5 Write 110 Mixed 110 SusWrite 1.3 104% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 207% 3.6 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT8G4DFD8213.16FA11 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,000x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	253x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	50x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	41x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	35x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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