Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	180% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 21:04
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 692 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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: 1501 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 19.3 17% 21.3 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 26.9 21% 25.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 18.3% 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% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 615 250 173 171 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,471 Write 1,050 Mixed 641 SusWrite 420 199% 896 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 53.5 210% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,131 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 450 402% 631 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 311 Mixed 210 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 31 143% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 122 133% 229 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 142GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 439 359 105 59 44 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 446 Mixed 409 SusWrite 240 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 54.1 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 260 223% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 126%
Synology iSCSI Storage 11GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 6GB free Firmware: 3.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 71 Write 68.8 Mixed 69 SusWrite 61.8 15% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 7.1 23% 7.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 20.8 DQ Mixed 8.3 10% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%

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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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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	69x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	21x

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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,039

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16