Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 22:52
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 189 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 588 56% 463 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0F00) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 3.06 3% 4.06 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 421 (B1) Unknown 90 90 119 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 42 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 177103325835	73.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 318 Mixed 331 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 19.3 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 22 44% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 126%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1TB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 782GB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 43 Mixed 36.2 52% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.44 53% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x16GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 48%

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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 $245Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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Total price: $1,290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	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) $37	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