Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	229% 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 EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 14:52
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 218 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 709 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,211 Write 748 Mixed 1,594 334% 1,518 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.4 193% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 188 305% 595 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 210%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -117278376981391 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1369 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 235 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 48 55837720606 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 853 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 215291 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 215291 (F2) Unknown 100 100 261051 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28347	64.2% Good	Read 500 Write 98.9 Mixed 156 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 18.5 113% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 42.5 53% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72112648 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9412371 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 141736083489 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6997 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 60129542178 (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 -27650999448266 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9256965063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 443502573072	71.2% Very good	Read 95.8 Write 151 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.62 200% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 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 117015696 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16725482 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1481 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33596 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 47244640290 (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 96129958022931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16037107256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2054852025795	89.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 143 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 819GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100109159 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 43 3607793075962 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 8590196761 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 9144959009 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 16 100109159 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67813238674891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 234587671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2523755149	61.8% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.62 128% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 486GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226077280 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8494509 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 555024416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25907 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 47244640288 (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 4230542790656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10934842770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 336162732468	79.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 133 Mixed 131 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C15 4x4GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 33.8 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

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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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Value: 44% - Average

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