Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	121% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 07:43
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 789 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 114% 140 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 390 478 485 446 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 454 Mixed 414 SusWrite 414 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 59.7 194% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 236 206% 308 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Samsung PM830 2. 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 60GB free Firmware: CXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 227 237 236 213 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	Read 424 Write 278 Mixed 236 SusWrite 210 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 18.4 68% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 87.6 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 66.4 55% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 211 233 232 226 211 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 385 Mixed 336 SusWrite 205 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 52.6 175% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 133GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 185 181 184 192 208 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 360 Write 136 Mixed 158 SusWrite 177 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 24.5 111% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 53.1 86% 167 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 156 153 157 158 154 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 149 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 276% 2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 157 161 162 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 153 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 381% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 167 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 161 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 161 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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