Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	177% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 01:17
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 237 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 621 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 86% 110 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 95.4 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 884 881 129 46 639 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,451 Write 1,182 Mixed 740 SusWrite 579 220% 988 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 54 196% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 523 389% 525 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 588GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 410 441 458 470 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 444 Mixed 331 SusWrite 424 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.4 160% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 333 259% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 342 366 375 385 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 368 Mixed 322 SusWrite 352 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 52.7 176% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 250 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 1,716 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.5 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.4 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 139%

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

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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