Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% 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	157% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 15:57
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 782 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.7 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,190 Write 752 Mixed 994 217% 979 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 35.4 169% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 25.2 91% 199 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 243%
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 49GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4127080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -134681584457150 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3191 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 456 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 77312557088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4127080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4127080 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4127080 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8856 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9551 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9551 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12347	66.3% Good	Read 468 Write 170 Mixed 242 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 16.1 100% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 68.5 83% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 978 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 96%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 972GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 148 11258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (10) Unknown 4 196 70623992241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 601 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 135 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

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 $46

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