Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	375% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 01:22
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 754 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 206 Parallax 234 174% 218 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 215 Splatting 168 171% 216 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1876 1977 2001 2060 2031 1857 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 2,351 Write 2,240 Mixed 2,149 SusWrite 1967 490% 2,177 MB/s	4K Read 75.1 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 103 335% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,464 DQ Write 1,091 DQ Mixed 1,242 938% 1,265 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 287GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 347 348 347 348 348 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 342 Mixed 335 SusWrite 348 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 46.7 152% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 215 160% 215 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 487 489 487 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 453 Mixed 435 SusWrite 487 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.7 218% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 199 200 196 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 16.5 Write 92 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 200 60% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 202 202 201 198 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 50 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 201 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 350GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 20.2 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 40.3 17% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 87%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 3,362 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 27.7 Mixed 7.7 15% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.6 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 135%

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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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Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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