Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '16 at 23:12
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	aldo
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 813 84% 675 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 97% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 1,481 Mixed 1,608 405% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 257 4K Mixed 66.1 306% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 253 325% 604 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 75 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47960828	125% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 482 Mixed 512 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 47.6 199% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 73.4 120% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 216GB free Firmware: MAT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 370 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 648674872	91.3% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 276 Mixed 276 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 31.9 155% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 33.9 75% 156 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 167505166365 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 512GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 736 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 139 Mixed 145 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 3,195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 277GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 93.9 Write 80.1 Mixed 73.5 103% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 31.1 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 49.2 SC Mixed 33.2 103% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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