Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 04:30
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 126 2-Core 217 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 545 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 176 Parallax 174 122% 167 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 350 292 297 300 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 444 Mixed 351 SusWrite 317 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 48.9 166% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 694GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 406 415 455 459 450 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 385 SusWrite 427 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 49 161% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 692GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 407 414 456 459 430 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 450 Mixed 378 SusWrite 424 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 50.3 164% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 135%
WD My Passport 25F3 1TB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 365GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 381 391 421 422 420 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 395 Write 415 Mixed 288 SusWrite 398 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 24.5 80% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 168 163 166 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 117 SusWrite 161 193% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 1,076 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 82.4 49% 82.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 128%

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

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Gaming 87%

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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 $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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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 $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