Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 23:06
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 818 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1273 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 63 158914641945 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4889469628 (F7) Unknown 100 100 153218473 (F8) Unknown 100 100 57240248 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1940 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 489 Write 337 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 26.8 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 15.2 25% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 720GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56704 (C2) HDA temperature 124 106 23 (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	61.6% Good	Read 117 Write 98.1 Mixed 106 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 308GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38869 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 23 (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	68.4% Good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 108 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 301GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1986 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31927 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 91.9 Mixed 120 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 255GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3407 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60529 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 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 200 187 208 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.1% Average	Read 85.9 Write 84.6 Mixed 85.7 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.2 103% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 7141 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3587 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58867 (C2) HDA temperature 127 108 23 (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	68.5% Good	Read 133 Write 106 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 205GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2566 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40689 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 23 (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	64.7% Good	Read 108 Write 117 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 37.5 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 50.2 SC Mixed 36.4 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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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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 $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) $30	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