Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	255% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 14:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 746 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 61.6 52% 64.8 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 55.2 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 SSD 480GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 370GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 1421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6994 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 222 (A3) Unknown 100 100 48 (A4) Unknown 100 100 91168 (A5) Unknown 100 100 254 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5974 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 272517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 413117 (F5) Unknown 100 100 729344	105% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 400 Mixed 447 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 36.7 156% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 71.7 109% 206 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,682 406% 1,840 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 32.3 172% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 174 220% 389 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 210%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 851GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169830080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88359494 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1097 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2661 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 98784247840 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92500710657837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8776630766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80182683089	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 181 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 501GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2721 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2683 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 879 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5792 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.2% Average	Read 78.6 Write 71.3 Mixed 74.8 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 34.3 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 47.6 SC Mixed 33.5 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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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 $97Bench 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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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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