Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	167% 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 Drive	211% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 18:18
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 708 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2589) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 247 Parallax 256 189% 245 fps	MRender 276 Gravity 241 Splatting 147 173% 221 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 540 536 539 535 536 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 776 Mixed 660 SusWrite 544 215% 980 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 57.8 230% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 380 356% 577 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 184GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 448 453 466 468 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 406 SusWrite 460 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.7 216% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 163GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 457 461 474 448 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 466 SusWrite 428 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 63.1 217% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 512GB 135GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 437 435 412 411 402 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 452 SusWrite 422 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 32.7 182% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 266% 349 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333 C16 4x8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 32.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 30.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 137%

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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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Total price: $1,205

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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