Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	337% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 19:36
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 641 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 86% 110 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.7 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 921GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 1593 1781 1812 1736 1885 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2,417 Write 2,193 Mixed 1432 SusWrite 1,707 434% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 74.8 263% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,336 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 1,228 923% 1,236 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 425%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 123GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 54 53 53 53 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 470 Write 419 Mixed 384 SusWrite 86.6 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 44.8 155% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 243 203% 294 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 126 135 128 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 139 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 126 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 116 116 114 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 227% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 97%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 60 Write 55.2 Mixed 66.7 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 42GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 95 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 90.8 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 93.7 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 101 101 101 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 103 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 101 105 105 106 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 125 Write 87.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 102 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.7 Write 66 Mixed 40 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 91%

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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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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) $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