Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 205 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 466 54% 419 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,655 Write 5413 Mixed 4,775 1,178% 5281 MB/s	4K Read 477 4K Write 277 4K Mixed 296 1,249% 350 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 751 598% 853 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 404 Write 406 Mixed 380 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 44.5 143% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 258 192% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 346GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,193 Write 47.5 Mixed 89.2 300% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 501 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 5.1 767% 170 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,153 Write 40 Mixed 76.7 1,258% 1,757 MB/s	4K Read 589 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.6 24,849% 198 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 32.7 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 87%

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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 $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