Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	330% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 03:56
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 850 81% 672 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 173 Parallax 160 142% 169 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 165 Splatting 121 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 894GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,506 Write 2,204 Mixed 2,381 528% 2,364 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 77.3 253% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 184 183% 295 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 329%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21234 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1218 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 73 50 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 209 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9867578639	85.5% Excellent	Read 379 Write 397 Mixed 387 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 30.9 121% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 134 119% 181 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 25035736 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40692295 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538509343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 93956 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 64424509471 (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 -135398843999029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6326320538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 136723653553	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 181 Mixed 169 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 32GB-$23 225 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 26GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 48 MC Mixed 36 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 34.1 105% 36.9 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

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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 $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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