Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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	122% 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	181% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	25.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 20:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 648 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 159 Parallax 172 134% 165 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 145 Splatting 103 113% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 588 531 503 462 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,659 Write 874 Mixed 679 SusWrite 510 206% 930 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 40.7 187% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 454 379% 564 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 253GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 213 182 181 127 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 343 Write 374 Mixed 195 SusWrite 193 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 38.9 134% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 181 146% 207 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 374 447 453 464 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 459 Mixed 384 SusWrite 427 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.9 168% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 243GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 375 446 454 463 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 460 Mixed 389 SusWrite 427 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.8 166% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 353 268% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 132%

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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 $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 $269	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 $177	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