Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	214% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 12:27
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 869 91% 728 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 496GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 232GB free Firmware: M150821 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 349 (A3) Unknown 100 100 117 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28654 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1721 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 87175 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81832 (F5) Unknown 100 100 114616	108% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 345 Mixed 414 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.6 173% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 71.4 113% 214 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 193GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 130 100 642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 214748364837 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5460 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4380 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2322	93.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 455 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 5.53 134% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 36.8 95% 197 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 836 Mixed 1,033 240% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 53.7 250% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 198 284% 554 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 131721181 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2684639 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64789581660587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 242 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 85899345951 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 134750303945100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2105061400 (F2) Unknown 100 253 549037887	99.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 177 Mixed 134 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179396749 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157934128 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 41040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2098 (B7) Unknown 1 1 151 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 589168675 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 179396749 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55422257949156 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3686558585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2912482766	56.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.4 Mixed 91.9 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.55 114% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 25GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 114 Write 21.5 Mixed 33.2 54% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.68 76% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 131%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $98Bench 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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Total price: $1,290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16