Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	123% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 04:05
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 716 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 161 Parallax 139 124% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 149 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 396GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 409 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1671566205	126% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 423 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 56.5 214% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 127 147% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$108 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4497 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 945 (B1) Unknown 99 99 36 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11047435756	123% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 472 Mixed 487 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 46.6 189% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 157 171% 287 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102795016 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2225513 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13460 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37005438218485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5348058996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33489430521	91.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 149 Mixed 147 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129268696 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2670316 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14144 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49941879713931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8933626720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29475903883	88.5% Excellent	Read 176 Write 132 Mixed 141 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 141117185 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17331954207 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 153 (BC) Unknown 100 95 59 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 85899345948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 20 141117185 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118257629549734 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3250156595 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3429807148	60.7% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.54 116% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 103 Write 120 Mixed 36.4 107% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 7.74 4K Mixed 0.44 280% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 74%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 931GB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 28.7 99% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.35 38% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 50%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 58GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 119 Write 46.7 Mixed 55.9 81% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.86 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 1.41 181% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 13GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 39.2 Write 8 Mixed 9.52 18% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.62 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.07 33% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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