Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	179% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 10:52
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 799 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.72 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 116% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 2,166 Write 553 Mixed 1,272 291% 1,330 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 30.9 186% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 30.9 44% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 283%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -58059367001119 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4497 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2292 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 637452 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 637452 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1039046 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15449	73% Very good	Read 498 Write 121 Mixed 192 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 19.2 133% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 16.3 52% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 102GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5127350 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26053271622154 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1343 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 243 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 85902295069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5127350 (C4) Reallocation count 85 85 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5127350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5127350 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7497 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8693 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8693 (F2) Unknown 0 0 84064	85.3% Excellent	Read 517 Write 245 Mixed 355 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.1 132% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 84.2 110% 198 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 31GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3831891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 92135638443720 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3225 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 601 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 77312557087 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3831891 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3831891 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3831891 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2656 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2677 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2677 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7241	67.4% Good	Read 493 Write 150 Mixed 230 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.4 121% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 49 50% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 187GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 92 87684700 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 195722120 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5799 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 457 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180721201 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 23 87684700 (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 139831250286670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2233539413 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139307779	46.1% Average	Read 93.2 Write 67.6 Mixed 71.7 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 111%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	68x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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