Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	224% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	61.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 04:25
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 661 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,183 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,520 378% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 29.9 156% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 118 86% 107 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 283%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 196 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13110 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (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	94.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 134 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 98%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 277GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5483 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14793 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 119 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 162GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 174 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6296 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14879 (C2) HDA temperature 117 112 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.9% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 130 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.16 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 148GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 175 5516 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6102 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15335 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.7% Good	Read 115 Write 124 Mixed 93.4 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 86GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 177 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15395 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 91.9 Mixed 78.9 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.15 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 83GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 174 5516 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15656 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.2% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 176 5583 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14678 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 149 Write 91.7 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.6 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 125%

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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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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