Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	125% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 12:54
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 734 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 116% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 445 272 151 117 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 729 Mixed 248 SusWrite 265 131% 594 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 48.4 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 83.7 115% 207 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 159%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 32GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 44 42 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 42.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 42.9 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 200 204 202 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 197 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 200 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
WD 20EADS External 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1TB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 40.2 Mixed 35 SusWrite 41.1 54% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 94%

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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 $245Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $1,050

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16