Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	302% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '21 at 02:14
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	NCL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 710 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 135 109% 139 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 137 Splatting 123 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 875 907 929 964 978 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,533 Write 2,396 Mixed 1,678 SusWrite 922 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 89 296% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 1082 DQ Mixed 1,180 886% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 322GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 215 215 215 215 312 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 395 Mixed 344 SusWrite 231 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.5 168% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 185% 247 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 121%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 8GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 203 203 203 97 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.4% Good	Read 235 Write 112 Mixed 200 SusWrite 185 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 33.4 126% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 162 139% 204 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 146 148 148 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 145 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 336% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 597GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 94 94 93 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 87.6 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 94.6 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 75%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 201 Write 91.7 Mixed 42.1 116% 112 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0 54% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVK Avexir DDR4-2666 CL17 4GB F4-3200C16-8GVK Avexir DDR4-2666 CL17 4GB 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 101%

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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	69x
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	63x
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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16