Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	263% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 08:34
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 768 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1683 MHz, MLim: 1848 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 111 Parallax 89.1 92% 104 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 114 Splatting 100 87% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,219 Write 1,439 Mixed 1,448 376% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 54.8 210% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 227 243% 409 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 415GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2250 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2682 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 77 63 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 224 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16012399334	117% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 493 Mixed 517 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.5 169% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 171 174% 282 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 161 Mixed 152 222% 186 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.77 571% 9.06 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 4.72 565% 9.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.1 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 135%

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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	370x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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) $30	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