Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 650 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0F00) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.85 Parallax 3.59 4% 4.25 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 3.35 3% 4.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 421 (B1) Unknown 90 90 119 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 177113520981	74.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 299 Mixed 325 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 17.3 100% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 72.1 84% 145 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 126%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1TB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 782GB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 43.1 Write 43.2 Mixed 36.1 52% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.45 52% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x16GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 48%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	373x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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