Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 741 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 86% 106 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 77.9 71% 87.4 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 96 91 93 92 85 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 180 Mixed 254 SusWrite 98.6 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 44.5 174% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 136 148% 251 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 123%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 7GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 85 111 119 128 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 434 Write 117 Mixed 145 SusWrite 114 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 25.9 102% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 47.6 DQ Mixed 57.4 49% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 516GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 98 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 86.3 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 98.9 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 521GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 145 143 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 146 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 100%
WD WD10EALX-009BA0 1TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 163GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 121 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 123 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 154 151 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 135 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 152 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 124%

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Gaming 87%

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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	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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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 $40	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