Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.1% 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	372% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 763 83% 656 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1705 MHz, MLim: 1904 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 133 Parallax 118 103% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 115 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2085 2181 2188 2182 2090 2076 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 2,724 Write 2,161 Mixed 1,568 SusWrite 2,134 481% 2,147 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 81.9 280% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 889 DQ Mixed 998 755% 1,020 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 429GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 441 483 485 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 406 SusWrite 472 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.7 173% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.1 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	372x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 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 $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16