Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	72% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 809 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 92% 113 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 197GB free Firmware: SAFM12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 261 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196617 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0	83.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 467 Mixed 476 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 13 107% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 12.9 30% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 95%
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 240GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -37890201476639 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 902 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1535 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30753 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23376 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23376 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33944	72% Very good	Read 759 Write 215 Mixed 284 91% 419 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 11.5 89% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 11.1 25% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 64GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3616925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 54924041785905 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1746 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 490 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 36 30067130391 (C2) HDA temperature 23 36 30067130391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3616925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3616925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3616925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14168 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15627 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15627 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17337 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5046321	48.3% Average	Read 491 Write 192 Mixed 239 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 11.2 54% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 11.2 11% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3466 C16 4x4GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3484 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 37.1 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 35.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	69x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	21x

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 $94Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16