Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	266% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '16 at 12:48
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 718 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 94.6 82% 101 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 75.3 68% 84.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 238GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1636 (E8) Unknown 100 100 54624504792 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	81.7% Excellent	Read 370 Write 397 Mixed 377 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 25.4 113% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 104 102% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 108%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 209GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 276 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 639 (94) Unknown 100 100 58167 (95) Unknown 100 100 853 (96) Unknown 100 100 696 (97) Unknown 100 100 843 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32235 (A5) Unknown 100 100 54 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45252466049058 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 83 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177570 (F2) Unknown 100 100 195237 (F5) Unknown 100 100 380775 (F6) Unknown 100 100 232668 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78% Very good	Read 483 Write 254 Mixed 273 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 24.4 111% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 26.3 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,290 Write 1,234 Mixed 1,278 352% 1,601 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 60.9 254% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 595 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 231 242% 404 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 283%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 350GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 76 110 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8320 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3087 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 496 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1708 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 72 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 504627230 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 140605 (C4) Reallocation count 90 90 426 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 36 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45.3% Average	Read 74.1 Write 83.5 Mixed 75.7 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
WD Elements 10B8 750GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 277GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 84.4 Write 91.1 Mixed 66.9 103% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 125%

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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	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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