Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	187% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '22 at 15:05
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 264 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 750 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 205 Parallax 207 149% 198 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 188 Splatting 133 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 768 861 779 773 767 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,802 Write 1,209 Mixed 775 SusWrite 787 254% 1,143 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 37.8 137% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 1,024 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 167 221% 428 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 232GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 338 420 411 408 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 503 Write 430 Mixed 388 SusWrite 385 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 32 111% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 157 133% 201 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 203 203 203 202 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 239 Mixed 123 SusWrite 202 142% 194 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 512% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 204 205 204 203 195 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 118%

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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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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

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