Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 538 59% 465 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 44.7 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 51.6 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 34.1 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2505 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 99 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1192 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 34 283468693538 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2481 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 50187849392 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1581412840 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1218821770	100% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 456 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.7 143% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 52.5 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 20.1 63% 127 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 115GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,187 Write 1,431 Mixed 1,523 379% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 58.3 222% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 188 206% 347 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 283%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 900GB free, PID 0820 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 98.4 Write 38.2 Mixed 50.3 69% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.23 29% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 110%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $241Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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