Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% 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	19.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 18:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 690 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 0.09 80% 68.3 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 28 41 24 30 20 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.9% Very poor	Read 78.2 Write 200 Mixed 247 SusWrite 35.7 32% 140 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 0.2 48% 113 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 145 148 147 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 177 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 145 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1TB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 272GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 76 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 66.2 Write 94.3 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 79 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 63%
Generic Storage Device 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 1336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 6.4 5.5 7.9 7.2 7.6 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 13.7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 7.2 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 98% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 13%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 142GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 75 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 74 Write 76 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 75.6 93% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 106%

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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 525 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	46x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 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: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16