Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 12:48
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 694 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5454 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2039 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34892452611	76.3% Very good	Read 375 Write 321 Mixed 318 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 31 112% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 95.6 88% 138 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102990152 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146348445 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3800 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 984 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7893 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 85899345951 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110264695403176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49778424987 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53924859510	76% Very good	Read 118 Write 146 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.88 219% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 327GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 85 99429344 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5866 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 600 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17906225 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1726 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 13 13 87 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20576 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 48 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133612137612306 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16628652049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 374142460878	87.5% Excellent	Read 180 Write 126 Mixed 132 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.16 52% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 32.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 136%

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Gaming 87%

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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