Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 22:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 214 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 707 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 104 Parallax 95.4 83% 101 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 79.9 70% 86.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 119 120 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 1,862 Write 119 Mixed 208 SusWrite 119 122% 577 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.9 81% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 86 83 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 102 SusWrite 86.5 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 205GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 79 79 82 81 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 92.2 Write 91 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 79.8 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 66%
SEMC SD CCR-80 2GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID e134 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.4 9% 7.83 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.2 92% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.7% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	68x
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	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 $37Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16