Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 19:50
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 808 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% 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: 1614 MHz, MLim: 1994 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 82.8 65% 85.2 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 73.2 65% 80.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% 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: 840 1102 1271 1299 1181 1333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 950 Mixed 732 SusWrite 1,171 268% 1209 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 36.3 120% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 163 121% 159 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 355%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 932GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 149 151 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 95 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 148 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 932GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 135 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 130 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 135 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 154GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 193 193 195 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 191 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 29.1 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 133%

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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	370x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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