Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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	365% 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.

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	58.5 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 02:11
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 739 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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 (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 191 Parallax 215 157% 200 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 206 Splatting 165 162% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1835 1929 1944 2104 2093 1822 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2366 Write 2,220 Mixed 2,159 SusWrite 1,954 490% 2,175 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 94.6 311% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1389 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,236 923% 1,232 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 287GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 238 237 237 232 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 360 Write 326 Mixed 336 SusWrite 237 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 43.7 142% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 210 156% 208 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 449 451 451 441 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 462 Mixed 433 SusWrite 448 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.7 200% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 136 137 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 150 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 134 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 114 114 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 195 Write 196 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 112 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 350GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 36.6 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 41.3 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.5% 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 27.2 Mixed 7.7 15% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 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 (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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	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 $92Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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