Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.5% 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	191% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 230 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 675 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 48.8 51% 56.6 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.7 51% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 88% 110 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 2,196 Write 638 Mixed 909 271% 1,248 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 33 201% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 30.9 50% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 283%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 7.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 176789497 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27095027 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -2963527434164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 71 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 3 176789497 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21702469746760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 244547183 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47121606372	93.3% Outstanding	Read 106 Write 219 Mixed 138 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.27 132% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 7.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 25468708 (03) Spinup time 89 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 61 27156407 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -140342351364027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 70 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 27 25468708 (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 -116616952020923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56424010781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41378	92.2% Outstanding	Read 110 Write 211 Mixed 136 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.31 141% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 319GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 98 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 24 (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 200 190 406 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 66GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 173 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 287 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 26 (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 200 200 717 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.7% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 95.3 Mixed 94.3 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 140%

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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	69x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16