Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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.
Graphics	97.6% 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	262% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 14:30
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 785 87% 684 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 129 Parallax 127 103% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 113 Splatting 99 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1428 1459 1429 1395 1136 725 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,409 Mixed 955 SusWrite 1,262 311% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 64.7 234% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,159 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 476 432% 680 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 283%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 125GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 121 129 134 129 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 130 Write 196 Mixed 174 SusWrite 126 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38 150% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 157 121% 166 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 67%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 40GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 202 224 225 225 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 280 Mixed 286 SusWrite 200 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.7 166% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 153 148% 234 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%
Toshiba MK1655GSX H 120GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 66GB free Firmware: FG010Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 39 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 39.3 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 34%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB-$99 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 123GB free Firmware: FB2OC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 61 61 61 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 60.3 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 119GB free Firmware: P22OA70A SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 64.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 56 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$53 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 43.6 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 32.9 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 47.6 SC Mixed 33.2 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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	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 $37Bench 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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16