Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 05:53
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 183 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 411 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.3 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 63.9 54% 57.3 fps	Gravity 62.1 Splatting 65.7 57% 63.9 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37428736 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 291448427 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 639238176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 73014444064 (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 129944235553739 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71482231260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 435542088644	84.4% Excellent	Read 134 Write 159 Mixed 92.1 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 4.66 4K Mixed 0.64 183% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 619GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 78 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1230 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3018 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3018 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799412766 (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	89.6% Excellent	Read 173 Write 140 Mixed 140 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: PC3OCA0B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 27493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2367 (A0) Unknown 1 1 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 318605 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 206159085597 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 7037 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27472248588 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24713298897 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 14% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V FORMULA - $349

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	396x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	105x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	19x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $722

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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