Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 06:58
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 744 71% 588 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 204 179 174 202 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 447 Mixed 317 SusWrite 217 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.2 205% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 283 228% 322 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 198 201 201 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 232 Mixed 122 SusWrite 202 142% 193 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 466% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 204 203 205 203 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 236 Mixed 120 SusWrite 204 132% 180 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 429% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 204 206 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 194 Mixed 107 SusWrite 204 128% 174 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 400% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Kindle Internal Storage 1GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 3.1 3.8 2.5 2.9 2.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 10.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 3.4 13% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.1 92% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 33.5 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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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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