Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 780 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2633 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 121% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2305 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65399 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 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	7.9% Terrible	Read 91.7 Write 64 Mixed 54.6 16% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.13 1% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 15%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,011 Mixed 1,106 307% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.5 220% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 189 209% 358 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4334 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 815 (B1) Unknown 95 95 104 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 55 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17362572247	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.6 187% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 113 143% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
WD WD20EZRX-00DC0B0 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 423GB free Firmware: JC45 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 118 99 177632396 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 369542030953 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885164085 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 622657569 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 27 177632396 (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 139745350923927 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1858342382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3098144036	41.5% Average	Read 78.2 Write 66.7 Mixed 64.3 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.28 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 117%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

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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	1,002x
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	254x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $1,133

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