Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '16 at 22:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 155 2-Core 295 102% 183 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 863 84% 692 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 119 69% 88.8 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 81.3 64% 77.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 960GB-$230 344 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 671GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 100 100 243574096 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 1 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 404 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21730815	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 499 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 33.1 141% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 86.1 141% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 870 Mixed 1,310 288% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 63.4 197% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 247 286% 497 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 219%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 142 142 34384773544 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 536 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 167505231902 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3392 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 32.2 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 35.3 103% 36 GB/s	Latency 43.2 93% 43.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 120%

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Gaming 87%

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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	373x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16