Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	101% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	49.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 12:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 704 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 195 Parallax 171 142% 180 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 166 Splatting 116 109% 135 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 423GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 213 214 214 206 192 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 340 Write 279 Mixed 310 SusWrite 210 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 29.9 116% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 216 158% 207 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 817GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 458 374 350 346 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 465 Mixed 369 SusWrite 388 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 342 257% 343 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 163 163 165 164 165 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 133 Mixed 80 SusWrite 163 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%
Garmin GARMIN Flash 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 272c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.5 2.4 2 2.2 1.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 1.3 Write 2.7 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 2.2 4% 2.42 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 134% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 125%

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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 $250Bench 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 $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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 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: $1,446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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