Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 17 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration274 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Memory 93.7
1-Core 135
2-Core 269
92% 166 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 731
78% 624 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 115
Parallax 98.8
86% 107 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 97.5
Splatting 102
82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD Smartbuy 60GB
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM08.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58
161GB free
Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
56.3% Above average
Read 98.8
Write 96.7
Mixed 89.9
72% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.38
4K Write 2.15
4K Mixed 0.56
160% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB
55GB free
Firmware: JEDOA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
28.2% Poor
Read 46.6
Write 51.5
Mixed 46.6
36% 48.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.14
4K Mixed 0.19
62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 28.2%
Great: 51%
Kingston DT101 II 8GB
4GB free, PID 1625
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.12% Terrible
Read 21.1
Write 6.45
Mixed 9.4
13% 12.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.73
4K Write 0.02
4K Mixed 0.02
26% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.12%
Great: 6%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.2% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 29.2
MC Mixed 23.8
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,445
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