Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92% 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	164% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 09:58
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 702 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2069 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 96% 114 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 788 810 756 673 671 535 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 902 Write 863 Mixed 672 SusWrite 706 177% 786 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.1 162% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 584 491% 714 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 219%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 631GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 421 415 409 408 405 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 390 Mixed 404 SusWrite 413 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.1 167% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 248 243 235 249 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 232 Mixed 103 SusWrite 241 148% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.9 379% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 138%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 857GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 88 100 90 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 48.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 92.2 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 746GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 121 120 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 93.2 Write 65.5 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 120 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 34.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	8	240	27"	1280 720	BNQ7F60 ZOWIE XL LCD

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 526 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	371x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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