Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 289 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 833 86% 693 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 123 70% 90 fps	MRender 61.2 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 78.6 64% 78 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2MW400G4 400GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,085 Write 940 Mixed 1,346 321% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 28.8 188% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 232 189% 253 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 230%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 91GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34433795019 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 72 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1088 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 309 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 74 317829087272 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2529758085709 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6911 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9337 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8336 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16164 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.2% Average	Read 261 Write 180 Mixed 184 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 9.11 68% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 32.1 24% 32 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 789GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101554992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92406449 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 672596006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2954 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 85899345958 (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 -55783035222155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -136595465617199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -44509390348512	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 201 Mixed 181 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.39 123% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 681GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3914 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 188979675172 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 112 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 333GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 90 90 42950328335 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 689307682 (BF) G-sense error rate 83 83 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66421 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 78.6 Write 73.2 Mixed 69.6 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	34x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
Intenso 1TBBench 128%, 430 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	8x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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