Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics144% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
16 months ago, 16 months ago.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 29 '22 at 23:17
Run Duration346 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 71
1-Core 107
2-Core 142
64% 107 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 554
59% 469 Pts
64-Core 534
33% 534 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
EVGA(3842 3289) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Lighting 200
Reflection 185
Parallax 193
163% 193 fps
MRender 224
Gravity 164
Splatting 138
139% 175 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 144%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 6,391
Write 7,636
Mixed 6,539
1,537% 6,855 MB/s
4K Read 210
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 190
656% 192 MB/s
DQ Read 1,381
DQ Write 1,016
DQ Mixed 1,268
929% 1,221 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
446GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 459 458 447 448 446 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Spcc Solid State Disk 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: V0609B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 432 427 430 424 430 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 81%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
219GB free
Firmware: CC41
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 6,378
Write 7,800
Mixed 6,873
5,285% 7017 MB/s
4K Read 217
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 204
35,212% 203 MB/s
DQ Read 1563
DQ Write 1,203
DQ Mixed 1,369
12,594% 1,378 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
912GB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 171 172 171 170 173 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
85.5% Excellent
MC Read 32.5
MC Write 35
MC Mixed 29.4
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 12.8
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 99.2
40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

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