Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	166% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 19:12
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 626 69% 543 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 163 Parallax 160 143% 166 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 144 Splatting 108 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 383 365 325 339 352 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,159 Write 621 Mixed 603 SusWrite 374 153% 689 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 52.4 226% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,059 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 360 340% 554 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 243%
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 21GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 140 119 174 181 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 322 Write 180 Mixed 220 SusWrite 156 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 37.8 161% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 192 154% 218 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 665GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 87 76 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 85.6 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 658GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 76 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 77 Write 54.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 76.9 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.1 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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