Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	92.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 288 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 802 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 117% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 771GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 325 304 300 299 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 412 Mixed 328 SusWrite 323 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 37 128% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 240 199% 288 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 3TB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 761 866 875 875 869 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 139 137 138 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 138 155% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 32.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 128%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Total price: $1,290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16