Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	320% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 09:46
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 833 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 199 Parallax 180 145% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 100Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,925 Write 1,504 Mixed 1,730 452% 2,053 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 70.8 253% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 218 305% 564 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 306%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 16GB 1,979 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 7.56 Mixed 12.1 16% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.51 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.47 69% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 128%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	46x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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