Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 126% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	256% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$358 198,716 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	SC Int 129 SC Float 132 SC Mixed 131 104% 131 Pts	QC Int 374 QC Float 414 QC Mixed 390 89% 393 Pts	MC Int 592 MC Float 721 MC Mixed 666 98% 660 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$447 265,250 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 333 Reflection 302 Parallax 318 101% 318 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 301 Splatting 236 106% 247 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$449 9,371 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 357GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,583 Write 1,362 Mixed 1,428 394% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.4 188% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 116 127% 216 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 281%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$239 880 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38686228960 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 146030329887 (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 200 200 0	91.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 145 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.62 176% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$957 281 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 32.5 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 159%

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

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 113%

UFO

Workstation 82%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $176

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	804x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	87x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	258x
GTX 980 TiNvidia $550Bench 98%, 72,871 samples	167x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	118x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $586Bench 214%, 19,518 samples	136x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $200Bench 178%, 17,640 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	55x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $190Bench 90%, 6,550 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $723Bench 97%, 484 samples	29x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBHyperX $206Bench 85%, 1,264 samples	27x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12