Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150922
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 14:10
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 764 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1591 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 68.8 61% 73 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 63 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9930969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 29334626648084 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 152 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 45 51542556696 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 51542556696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9930969 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9930969 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9930969 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22776 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19996 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19996 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17904	86.5% Excellent	Read 518 Write 228 Mixed 314 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 25.1 145% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 77.5 94% 166 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10566 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 97 97 128 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14123589484	115% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 422 Mixed 452 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 41.3 173% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 136 161% 280 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 3,626 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 620GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 115 Mixed 31 100% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.32 151% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 55%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 120 Write 11.7 Mixed 14.3 40% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 41% 3.52 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	34x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
Intenso 1TBBench 128%, 430 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	8x

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Total price: $717

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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