Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	278% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 790 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2854 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 207 Parallax 187 162% 198 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 281GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294967836 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7572	85.4% Excellent	Read 518 Write 353 Mixed 354 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 10.7 107% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 49.5 103% 212 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,717 Write 1,170 Mixed 1,366 384% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 49.5 246% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 237 262% 447 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 236%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 17GB free Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3103172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 -10033043572712 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3095 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 245 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3103172 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3103172 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3103172 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20318 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20082 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20082 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31829	51% Above average	Read 203 Write 91.6 Mixed 102 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 14.5 113% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 31.3 46% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 103%

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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 $79Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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