Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	246% 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 18:49
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 258 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 783 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1686 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 112 Parallax 90.8 79% 99.8 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 193GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 534 (94) Unknown 100 100 6538 (95) Unknown 100 100 114 (96) Unknown 100 100 44 (97) Unknown 100 100 87 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2395 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37525701918746 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17180 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18681 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28290 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26152 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.4% Very good	Read 483 Write 249 Mixed 267 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 25.4 110% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 44.5 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 95%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,858 Write 1,137 Mixed 1,244 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 59.7 238% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 245 293% 531 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 667GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 235167373 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 488607 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 487587868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 354 (C2) HDA temperature 28 10 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 7 235167373 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108340550042084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 583476544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140464001	93.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 158 Mixed 134 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.2 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 32.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 136%

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

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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