Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 23:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 211 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 641 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 94% 129 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 134 133 133 130 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 423 Write 392 Mixed 290 SusWrite 134 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 34.5 125% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 252 189% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 262GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 421 423 429 424 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 358 Mixed 372 SusWrite 419 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 42.1 155% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 261% 341 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 124 121 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 122 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 119GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 48 48 49 48 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 82.2 Write 50 Mixed 51 SusWrite 47.2 73% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 3.1 183% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 9.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 106%

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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 $250Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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