Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 08:05
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 711 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 71.9 64% 77.5 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 70 Splatting 64.6 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 470 472 454 479 461 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 913 Mixed 680 SusWrite 471 225% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 58.3 227% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 446 406% 646 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 377 376 382 385 383 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 364 Mixed 356 SusWrite 380 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 52.4 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 218 162% 216 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 124 144 149 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 409 Write 158 Mixed 198 SusWrite 140 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41 163% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 112 97% 146 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 116 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 324GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.3 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 90.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	372x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 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 $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 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: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16