Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	248% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '21 at 03:47
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 701 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 131 Parallax 119 95% 122 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 123 Splatting 112 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 1046 1062 1054 1047 1020 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,342 Mixed 736 SusWrite 1031 282% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 62.3 229% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 439 417% 677 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 283%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 150GB free Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 358 370 374 372 374 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 136 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 136 167% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%

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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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Desktop 90%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $935

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $39	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