Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	83.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 03:34
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 674 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 108 84% 107 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 84.5 Splatting 84.5 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 292 190 238 243 270 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 474 Write 442 Mixed 257 SusWrite 259 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 32.7 111% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 216 188% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 593GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 448 431 400 396 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 464 Mixed 394 SusWrite 419 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 51.3 170% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 261 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 126%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 156 159 158 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 158 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 8TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 135 139 140 138 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 116 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 138 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 97%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 98 96 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 178 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 95.9 160% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 67%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 74 76 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 187 Write 146 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 74.5 154% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 61% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 72%
LaCie CooKey 32GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 21GB free, PID 103b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4 2.5 9.1 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.09% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 10 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 7.5 12% 9.62 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 11% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.09% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x16GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 128%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	374x
Core i7-7700KIntel $233Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $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 $39Bench 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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359