Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	148% 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	85.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 817 85% 681 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 376.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Lighting 228 Reflection 189 Parallax 190 186% 202 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 163 Splatting 120 109% 134 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 451GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 514 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 78109661	87.9% Excellent	Read 381 Write 404 Mixed 390 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 33.2 139% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 164 117% 143 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 385GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2216 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 513 (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 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 235 (F1) Unknown 99 99 651775624	116% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 501 Mixed 514 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46.7 181% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 167 136% 183 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2221 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 518 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (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 75 62 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 196 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13237420736	85.1% Excellent	Read 380 Write 400 Mixed 390 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 26.3 129% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 87 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 147 116% 155 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 99.5 Write 131 Mixed 89.3 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 0.47 372% 3.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.83 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 0.47 378% 3.95 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x8GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 33.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 151%

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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 $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $273	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 $186	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