Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	260% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 08:53
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 743 81% 640 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 208 Parallax 202 158% 201 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,783 Write 1,374 Mixed 1,527 348% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 61.8 219% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 929 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 329 386% 671 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 353%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 244GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3873 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3997736 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 835 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 63 270583988259 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47244640267 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 752 (EA) Unknown 100 100 834 (F1) Unknown 253 253 798 (F2) Unknown 253 253 321 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 298 Write 249 Mixed 234 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 14.8 89% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 39 76% 155 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11429 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1385 (B1) Unknown 96 96 118 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 362 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20668548237	97.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 436 Mixed 509 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 24.7 119% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 92.9 139% 263 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 116%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 516GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 458 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145781 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 40 (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	69.5% Good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 113 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 6958 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4103 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 40 (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	33.4% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 52 Mixed 54.6 43% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 75GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 95 239180539 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 396604777 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5771 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 41 723058728 (C2) HDA temperature 40 59 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 55 143959441 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.9% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 47.1 Mixed 48.8 34% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 25.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 115%

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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 $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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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,000

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 $45	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