Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	88.6% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	25.9 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 14:13
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$170 282,363 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)	75.1% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 187 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 615 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 170 Parallax 173 101% 156 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 152 Splatting 110 101% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 382 406 325 248 249 248 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 409 Write 419 Mixed 368 SusWrite 310 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 35.3 127% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 311 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 64 55 70 67 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 80.5 Write 33.2 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 64.1 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 96%
WD WD10EVCS-63E0B0 10TB 9TB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 231 228 230 230 231 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 230 Write 224 Mixed 105 SusWrite 230 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.2 804% 6.63 MB/s

WD WD10EVCS-63E0B0 1TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 211GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 46 55 54 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 62.3 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 54 35% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 5GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 77 77 76 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 71.5 Write 69.8 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 75.9 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 167 165 176 177 175 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 196 194 191 197 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 120 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 192 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 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 (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 125%

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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 $248Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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