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 (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 22:41
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 258 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 829 64% 569 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 374 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 75 67 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 278 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3269123347	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 406 Mixed 450 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.3 162% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 140 163% 281 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387198372 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 536 (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 100 100 601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 536 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504773143 (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	78.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 144 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 172GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3118 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 927 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1109 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 180389478419 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1144 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22844	53.5% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 92.2 Mixed 87.1 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 4x16GB-$420 211 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 32.6 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 28.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 157%

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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 $241Bench 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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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