Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '19 at 14:00
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 188 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 617 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 171 Parallax 175 103% 157 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 152 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 390 331 245 249 248 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 401 Write 445 Mixed 368 SusWrite 307 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 35.2 126% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 313 236% 316 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3GB free Firmware: CC54 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73 Write 55 Mixed 58.5 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 96%
WD WD10EVCS-63E0B0 10TB 9TB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 227 231 218 231 228 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 238 Write 226 Mixed 99 SusWrite 227 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 804% 6.6 MB/s

WD WD10EVCS-63E0B0 1TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 55 52 54 62 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 18.5 Write 64.2 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 54.7 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 5GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 77 75 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 77.2 Write 67.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 77.2 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 172 173 162 178 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 197 192 197 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 118 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 192 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 125%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 529 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $293	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