Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	240% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 284 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 832 85% 688 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2690 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1047 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 398 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1879712828	85.1% Excellent	Read 379 Write 330 Mixed 322 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 34.5 136% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 117 106% 163 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 1,135 Mixed 1,273 298% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 62.4 274% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 690 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 237 250% 422 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 283%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 18GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4420750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -77841987263166 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 419 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1866 (BD) vendor-specific 26 83 68724916250 (C2) HDA temperature 26 83 68724916250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4420750 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4420750 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4420750 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17867 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11629 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11629 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14333	69.8% Good	Read 377 Write 207 Mixed 273 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 22.2 114% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 86.2 92% 153 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 94%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38687277470 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1161 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274839071 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 174 Mixed 161 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.45 178% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.1 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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