Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	248% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 22:01
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 259 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 648 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.8 132% 87 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 989 Mixed 1,224 351% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 39.9 217% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 184 210% 366 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 33GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32349 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3813 (B1) Unknown 81 81 691 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 315 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52361711635	51.2% Above average	Read 365 Write 158 Mixed 224 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 13.6 72% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 53.9 DQ Mixed 43.7 54% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 666GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192363520 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44140152 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (B7) Unknown 87 87 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 3904562921497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112686 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (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 70549132814431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16183505451 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13141412220	86.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 153 Mixed 167 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 588GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116164008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25753029 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (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 71 64 521601053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4828 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (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 -96417720824561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8980640681 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46133622010	84.6% Excellent	Read 129 Write 165 Mixed 127 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.55 191% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 281GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5774 (03) Spinup time 177 175 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6830 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 184 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 1 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6556 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 174 174 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 196 272 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 196 271 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 197 197 331	93.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 162 Mixed 160 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.66 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.47 206% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 275GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46646512 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15540387 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (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 67 488046620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3522 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (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 -68972879803171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12482825190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80851233118	72.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 127 Mixed 109 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.55 188% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 111%

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Gaming 87%

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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 $230Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Total price: $1,445

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