Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	183% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (40%). 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 @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 14:37
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 293 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 772 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 107 Parallax 104 81% 103 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 78.7 71% 87.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 393 344 343 356 350 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,675 Write 550 Mixed 510 SusWrite 361 169% 774 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 54.8 217% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 371 337% 538 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 169GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,343 Write 8,366 Mixed 6,511 1,657% 7,407 MB/s	4K Read 386 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 250 1,020% 284 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 1,124 DQ Mixed 1,062 817% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 801 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 385GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 395 395 403 401 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 383 Write 401 Mixed 350 SusWrite 398 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 32.3 104% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 155 112% 146 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 80 81 80 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 80.6 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 297GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 96 Write 93.2 Mixed 60 SusWrite 102 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.3 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%

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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	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 $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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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