Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 684 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 81.8 65% 82.4 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 68.2 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 369 366 176 147 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,499 Write 874 Mixed 639 SusWrite 267 181% 820 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 54.1 209% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,211 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 453 407% 646 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 171GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 418 421 309 196 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 468 Mixed 396 SusWrite 310 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.1 184% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 265 226% 331 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 105GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 66 Write 66.7 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 71 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 147 148 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 148 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	40% Average	Read 66 Write 59.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 73.2 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%

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

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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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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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