Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 813 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.9% Average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.8 37% 48.4 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.4 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 939 551 482 571 365 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,004 Write 952 Mixed 662 SusWrite 637 182% 813 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 55 236% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 997 771% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 77GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 483 187 48 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 490 Mixed 423 SusWrite 212 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64 215% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 266 227% 332 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 130 Write 26.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 24.9 63% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.3 222% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C15 4x4GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 123%

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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	370x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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