Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.4% 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	357% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 736 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% 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 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 114 88% 113 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.4 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 698GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1811 1999 1683 1524 1500 1520 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,624 Write 2,430 Mixed 1,904 SusWrite 1,673 484% 2,158 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 96 321% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 1,100 828% 1,110 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 410%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 446 485 448 485 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 484 Mixed 343 SusWrite 466 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.7 155% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 275 225% 320 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,920 Write 7,309 Mixed 7,679 1,775% 7,969 MB/s	4K Read 612 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 350 1,525% 415 MB/s	DQ Read 1,417 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 955 772% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 204 201 201 203 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 104 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 200 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 349% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 806GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 102 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 92.5 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 102 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 556b, cruzer edge 16gb SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 2.3 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 15.2 Mixed 13 SusWrite 3.9 15% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 119% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 128%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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