Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 16:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 650 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 153 153 137 71 58 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 250 Write 151 Mixed 195 SusWrite 119 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 38.3 130% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 176 126% 159 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 122 142 143 139 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 156 Mixed 29 SusWrite 128 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 359% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 662GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 99 87 87 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 40 Write 60.2 Mixed 20 SusWrite 92.6 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 122 112 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 116 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 84%
WD My Book 1170 3TB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 603GB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 141 133 133 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 91.5 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 136 136% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 22.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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