Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 241 93% 161 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 805 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% 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: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 81.2 72% 87.2 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 73.3 66% 81 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 1353 1163 452 453 444 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,844 Write 1,465 Mixed 765 SusWrite 876 276% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 61.3 232% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 445 426% 693 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 365 361 363 369 368 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 328 Write 350 Mixed 313 SusWrite 365 77% 339 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 48.8 162% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 219 163% 218 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 128 130 129 141 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 360 Write 149 Mixed 190 SusWrite 132 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 38.2 145% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 126 106% 155 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 81%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 112 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$31 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 324GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 91 91 89 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 90 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 89.4 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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 @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 35.4 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 32.5 100% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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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 $249Bench 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 $485Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $54Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $934

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16