Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 10:42
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 257 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 675 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 127 Parallax 105 142% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 43 53 128852492331 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51280 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 51280 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21016 (F9) Unknown 100 100 921 (FC) Unknown 100 100 6	64.7% Good	Read 372 Write 294 Mixed 367 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 17.5 79% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 16.4 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 560GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896960693 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 234 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 188980199462 (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	91.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 153 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 92GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 202 Mixed 210 275% 219 MB/s	4K Read 9.63 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 4.85 583% 8.58 MB/s	DQ Read 11.4 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 4.99 606% 9.32 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.8 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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