Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	158% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '16 at 22:18
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 699 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 446GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4296802330 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 44 240518168618 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6 (EA) Unknown 100 100 483 (F1) Unknown 253 253 75 (F2) Unknown 253 253 53 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 504 Write 439 Mixed 436 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 5.59 78% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 5.77 67% 154 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 227634380834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2090652084 (F7) Unknown 100 100 65352588 (F8) Unknown 100 100 35869039 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3573 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 67% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 644 Mixed 941 224% 1,017 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 26.3 182% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 26.7 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 243%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 49GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 154620002334 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3754	72.7% Very good	Read 512 Write 333 Mixed 345 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 9.24 92% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 38.9 58% 101 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 969GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241307680 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 934076 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58355720651470 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4342115254 (F2) Unknown 100 253 868033008	88.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 146 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199422800 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41150918 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1542 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 712 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16039 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45414984197156 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20049990203 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38995574546	71.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 107 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.49 173% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 94%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 420GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124923088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1271342 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50779398341806 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3203006107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10406595669	59.2% Above average	Read 72.3 Write 133 Mixed 94.8 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.71 212% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 110%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65473688 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 56 38663409218 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1658 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1658 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 88 Mixed 78.1 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 113%

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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	370x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples	14x

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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