Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive224% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA  (all builds)
Memory24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateApr 23 '19 at 17:51
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 89.8
1-Core 129
2-Core 256
88% 159 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 703
69% 563 Pts
64-Core 699
43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 148
Parallax 125
108% 135 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 132
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
282GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 1028 987 932 905 903 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,553
Write 1,324
Mixed 712
SusWrite 974
255% 1,141 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 58.6
218% 84.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,224
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 434
415% 677 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 224%
Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
830GB free
Firmware: X41100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 256 214 209 189 194 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 440
Write 415
Mixed 303
SusWrite 243
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 43.1
164% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 212
193% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 98%
Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB
15GB free, PID 5571
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3.5 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
10.5% Very poor
Read 18.8
Write 12.5
Mixed 13.8
SusWrite 3.8
15% 12.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 2.5
166% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 10.5%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.6% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.8
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.1
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 67.5
59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA Builds (Compare 624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 40% - Average Total price: $1,205
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