Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '16 at 08:06
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 746 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (89 fps cap detected)	71.4% Very good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 72.3 73% 83.2 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 77.3 69% 84.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Neutron XT SSD 240GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (A2) Unknown 100 100 379 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720932 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2387 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1895	82.8% Excellent	Read 509 Write 378 Mixed 432 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 10.9 85% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 47 117% 245 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 110%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 865GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64102 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 117 Mixed 117 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 4GB 2x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 26.7 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%

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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 $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 $37Bench 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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16