Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 13:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 542 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.6% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.9 32% 40.9 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 38.6 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 32GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,214 Write 575 Mixed 675 180% 822 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.7 144% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 70.2 106% 186 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 126%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335t Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -44959717617286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 665566 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 665566 (F2) Unknown 100 100 604754 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22639	72.4% Very good	Read 441 Write 164 Mixed 222 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14 120% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 54.9 91% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 33GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 52.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 49.1 68% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 97%

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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