Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 05:04
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 683 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 2732) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 3.34 4% 4.24 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2121 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 97 97 61 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11926040461	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 392 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 47.7 174% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 131 150% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 80.1 100% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 9.17 4K Mixed 0.28 326% 3.52 MB/s	DQ Read 1.05 DQ Write 2.76 DQ Mixed 0.34 109% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 104%

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

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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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	8x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $732

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