Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% 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	244% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 12:47
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 797 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 91% 114 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.3 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 1124 1109 1095 1074 1017 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,836 Write 1,304 Mixed 810 SusWrite 1,085 281% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 61.7 226% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 449 418% 668 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 283%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 0GB free Firmware: 1.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 162 Write 180 Mixed 174 39% 172 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.9 143% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 133 111% 160 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 40GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 220 221 221 216 224 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 266 Mixed 290 SusWrite 214 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42 160% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 152 149% 236 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba MK1655GSX H 120GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 66GB free Firmware: FG010Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 38 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 35.7 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 39.5 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 34%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB-$99 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 123GB free Firmware: FB2OC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 61 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 61 Mixed 35 SusWrite 59.8 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free Firmware: P22OA70A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 54 Write 53.5 Mixed 34.3 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 39%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 14.7 Mixed 16 SusWrite 12.8 16% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 33.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 32.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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 $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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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