Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	196% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 22:51
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 718 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 89% 113 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.6 78% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 1036 1051 758 46 387 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,576 Write 1,182 Mixed 783 SusWrite 723 238% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 57.1 212% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 520 390% 530 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 591GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 449 463 474 479 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 459 Mixed 339 SusWrite 465 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.1 177% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 331 258% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 375 387 392 393 395 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 361 Write 382 Mixed 336 SusWrite 386 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 60.4 197% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 246 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 1,716 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 37.2 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 47.1 SC Mixed 32.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 139%

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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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Value: 40% - Average

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 $178	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