Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 738 80% 633 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 74.5 66% 79.5 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 65.7 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 36289236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -109375637135674 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 116 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 68721967131 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 68721967131 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36289236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36289236 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36289236 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28461 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13338 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13338 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19539	68.3% Good	Read 456 Write 160 Mixed 250 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 20 107% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 55 80% 149 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 82GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 902 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148191 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 85.5 Write 81.5 Mixed 78.6 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34125384 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 52 103228329576 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 121 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 538247198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23409 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92187178034702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72651412599 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1281860275971	64.1% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 60 (03) Spinup time 162 160 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 56955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 794734 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	23.3% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 38.3 Mixed 42.6 31% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 49%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 79GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 80.4 Write 124 Mixed 41.4 107% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.3 150% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 107%

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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	20x

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 $48Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16