Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 215 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 568 64% 499 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 324 200 148 58 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 451 Mixed 353 SusWrite 184 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 42.8 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 127 137% 228 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 61.2 Write 61 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 42 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 424GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 149 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 87.5 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 147 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 113%
Generic Storage Device 32GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID 1336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 14 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 14.7 21% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.5 205% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 9.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	68x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	48x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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