Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% 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	208% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 745 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 91% 116 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 93.8 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 399% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.4% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 150 Mixed 51.3 18% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 0.75 8% 4.16 MB/s	DQ Read 3.69 DQ Write 8.91 DQ Mixed 1.37 2% 4.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 939%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,757 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,268 311% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 42.5 142% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 221 234% 393 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 283%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4299096698 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 78 369819670 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 85115 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 246704	73.8% Very good	Read 360 Write 385 Mixed 379 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 24.2 87% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 125 116% 180 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 87.6 Mixed 71 102% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 804GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 40 Mixed 37.2 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 22%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 698GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 77.1 Mixed 79 100% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 167GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 60.1 Mixed 58.2 75% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 525 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $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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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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