Asus MAXIMUS V EXTREME

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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS V EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 22:47
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	38%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 515 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% PNY(196E 097A) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 512GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	102% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 479 Mixed 602 132% 594 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 20.9 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 51.4 105% 210 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 122%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 47GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 838 Write 931 Mixed 867 197% 878 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 31 131% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 118 126% 196 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 182%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 82.6 Mixed 67 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.03 4K Mixed 0.48 183% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 436GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 108 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579585119 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4087 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 693 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5457 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 231929151527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 100 Write 91.5 Mixed 99.6 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 69%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 389GB free Firmware: 4003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 170 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 984 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6114 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (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	46.6% Average	Read 80 Write 81.8 Mixed 77.5 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 357GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 167 162 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4797 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 187153 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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	43.9% Average	Read 77.1 Write 75.8 Mixed 59.4 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 67%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 183GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 29.3 Mixed 10.9 28% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V EXTREME - $550

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	192x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	47x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $105Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	10x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	8x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	8x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,025

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16