Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 07:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 292 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 751 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 170 Parallax 148 127% 158 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 153 Splatting 111 102% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 611GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 117 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 44 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 75 67 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3115704474	120% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.4 195% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 132 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8882272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -35261681500133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 46 55837589528 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 55837589528 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8882272 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8882272 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8882272 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962192 (EA) Unknown 0 0 81 (F1) Unknown 0 0 81 (F2) Unknown 0 0 75 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4522036	68.2% Good	Read 478 Write 194 Mixed 217 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 12.2 111% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 9.65 42% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 575GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 54.7 Write 54.6 Mixed 59 73% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.1 49% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 435GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 88.2 Write 94.4 Mixed 58 101% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 120%

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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 $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