Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 170% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	210% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% 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	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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 07:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 685 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	210% Outstanding	Lighting 310 Reflection 287 Parallax 342 252% 313 fps	MRender 354 Gravity 255 Splatting 188 208% 265 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 217 190 177 158 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 365 Write 369 Mixed 322 SusWrite 198 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 52.9 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 244 185% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 32GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 306 253 250 242 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 338 Mixed 380 SusWrite 288 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.6 146% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 323 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 84 85 84 80 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 83.3 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 81GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 155 154 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 79.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 153 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 4x4GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 103%

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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 $269	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 $177	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