Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.5% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 04:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 811 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 114 66% 84.7 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 77.9 64% 77.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 960GB-$230 344 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 402GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 658 (AB) Unknown 100 100 243574096 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 5 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1587 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1555 (F9) Unknown 100 100 53268408	82.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 502 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 26.5 86% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 65.5 68% 110 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 110%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 1,757 Write 229 Mixed 422 172% 803 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 1.98 53% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 219%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 153 153 21502689606 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2367 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979806238 (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	98% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 170 Mixed 155 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3605 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 32.3 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 42.5 94% 42.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 120%

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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	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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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 $182	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