Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% 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	234% 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	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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '16 at 17:55
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 715 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 96% 115 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 92.8 80% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1463 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 468 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 33 (AE) Unknown 99 99 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1715 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 48 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16912 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6397 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5623	234% Outstanding	Read 1,947 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,468 345% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 54.4 206% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 181 186% 304 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 241%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 165GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th 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 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12349 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1735 (E8) Unknown 100 100 67305913018 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	109% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 409 Mixed 410 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 35.1 166% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 122 148% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2896 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 454 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20287694776	111% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 412 Mixed 425 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.1 168% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 142 157% 268 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4670125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -26242250165818 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1651 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4670125 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4670125 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4670125 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2358 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1824 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1824 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2579	74.9% Very good	Read 513 Write 144 Mixed 235 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 17.6 134% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 36.1 62% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 240 236 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 781 (C2) HDA temperature 120 116 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	64.4% Good	Read 85.7 Write 138 Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 162 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35336 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 126 Write 82.6 Mixed 82.1 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1782 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6344 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 85.9 Mixed 85.7 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 696GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3229 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2807 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 112 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,198 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	373x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16