Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	156% 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	266% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	46.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 17:48
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 678 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Lighting 242 Reflection 191 Parallax 205 197% 213 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 895GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1183 1306 1330 1362 1391 1373 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,555 Mixed 839 SusWrite 1,324 316% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 60.8 202% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,026 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 975 742% 998 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 354%
Seagate ST4000NE0025-2EW107 4TB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 472GB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 135 135 136 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 136 Mixed 76 SusWrite 136 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 243% 2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 127%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 167 165 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 93.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 166 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 406% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 123%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $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: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16