Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 17:44
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 149 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 730 79% 625 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 2107 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 81.7 62% 82.9 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 70.1 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 1TB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T54B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 1030 1049 1218 1236 1048 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,295 Write 1,241 Mixed 1,288 SusWrite 1,065 327% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 55 177% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 158 117% 154 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 355%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 932GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 148 152 152 152 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 149 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 932GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 136 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 136 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 154GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 194 191 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 106 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 191 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2800 CL15 8GB 4x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 133%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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