Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '23 at 18:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$170 588,978 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 (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 642 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 140 Parallax 87.6 57% 99 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 79.6 69% 84.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 475 479 486 485 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 476 Mixed 410 SusWrite 461 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 56.3 185% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 443GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 475 480 486 486 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 418 SusWrite 461 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 57 188% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsun 860 EVO 1TB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 423GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 475 480 486 486 486 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 465 SusWrite 461 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 31.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 31 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	459x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	69x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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