Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 14:42
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 799 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 99.8 90% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 754GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1360 1364 1355 1368 782 494 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,415 Write 1,282 Mixed 966 SusWrite 1,121 269% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 85.1 297% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 275 360% 638 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 295%
OYUNKEY 960GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 828GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 422 420 428 422 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 422 Mixed 352 SusWrite 423 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 25 134% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 39.9 87% 171 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 98%
Oyunkey nvme 512GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 477GB free Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1389 1376 1369 1381 1021 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,342 Write 1,307 Mixed 989 SusWrite 1,111 267% 1,187 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 31.9 221% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 51.6 212% 449 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 214%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 158 162 155 147 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 86.5 Write 136 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 153 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,198 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 111%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	374x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $935

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16