Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	116% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 131 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 711 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 122% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 463 473 476 474 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 452 Mixed 346 SusWrite 468 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47 170% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 344 263% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 257GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 413 414 378 363 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 454 Mixed 385 SusWrite 399 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.1 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 134 134 133 132 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 123 Write 90.5 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 131 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 177 178 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 106 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 176 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 96%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 845GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 79 79 78 79 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 80.2 Write 54 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 77.1 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 130 150% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.8 243% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 58GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 47 28 29 22 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 142 Write 72 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 37.9 97% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.3 146% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 8.3 9.5 9.7 9.7 8.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 41.2 Write 28 Mixed 7 SusWrite 8.9 24% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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