Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 187% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 158% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	209% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 20:45
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 691 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,375 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Zotac(19DA 1613) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	209% Outstanding	Lighting 309 Reflection 293 Parallax 346 252% 316 fps	MRender 344 Gravity 253 Splatting 188 206% 262 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,508 Write 3,866 Mixed 6967 1,494% 6,780 MB/s	4K Read 658 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 88.2 1,157% 279 MB/s	DQ Read 1,373 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 268 321% 596 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 468 Mixed 397 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 52.7 167% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 247 182% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 75GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2082 Write 1,700 Mixed 789 336% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 52.3 179% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,252 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 232 284% 534 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 180GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 212 210 211 215 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 456 Mixed 370 SusWrite 224 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 43.4 143% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 189 153% 225 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 385GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 141 141 140 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 166 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 140 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 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 $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 $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 $273	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 $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