Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	646% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 06:18
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 720 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 130 Parallax 126 81% 118 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 114 86% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 484GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41061C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 53 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	646% Outstanding	Read 7,424 Write 55.8 Mixed 112 SusWrite 53.3 397% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 857 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 7.1 1,310% 289 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 646% Great: 414%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 73GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 386 306 293 294 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 345 SusWrite 320 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.8 186% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 244 209% 308 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 79GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 417 146 173 175 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 400 SusWrite 247 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44 166% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 201 193% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 34.3 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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: 45% - Average

Total price: $1,070

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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