Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 15:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 234 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 675 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 123 Parallax 141 116% 136 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 126 Splatting 135 110% 135 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 187 186 189 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 472 Mixed 360 SusWrite 215 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.5 195% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 122%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 217GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1675 1044 116 229 146 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,365 Write 1,822 Mixed 1,332 SusWrite 556 286% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 80.1 280% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 1,106 DQ Mixed 934 704% 929 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 305%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 148 150 150 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 114 Write 121 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 147 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%
WD 10EACS External 1TB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 44GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 38 40 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 39.8 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 659GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 42.6 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 41.5 54% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 140% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 29,525 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 120%

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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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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	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 $45Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16