Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 595 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 210 Parallax 207 161% 205 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 993 Write 659 Mixed 715 175% 789 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.5 137% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 22.6 36% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 237%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 99GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,020 Write 963 Mixed 973 220% 985 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.9 174% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 58.3 50% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 332%
Adaptec Array 18TB 4TB free Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Adaptec Array 18TB 3TB free Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 25.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $580

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	195x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	135x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	39x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 2,608 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	12x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	11x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,180

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