Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '22 at 18:13
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 665 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 178 Parallax 167 130% 168 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 165 Splatting 116 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 157 105 88 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 505 Write 290 Mixed 294 SusWrite 130 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.2 152% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 186 165% 247 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 40GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,420 Write 1,993 Mixed 1,494 368% 1,636 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65 222% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 1,386 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 385 514% 940 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 115 139 139 143 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 358 Write 183 Mixed 221 SusWrite 138 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40 163% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 195 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 199 199 197 196 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 79 SusWrite 197 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.1 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 111%

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Gaming 87%

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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	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 $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: 44% - Average

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 $178	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