Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.69% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	228% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 06:35
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 730 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 923 Mixed 738 177% 787 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 16.8 121% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 449 DQ Mixed 37.5 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 541%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,314 Mixed 1,422 346% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 34.8 222% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 52.4 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 211 136% 152 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 44632632 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 147663 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (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 65 63 605683747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3601 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 85899345955 (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 96877282329444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 157814248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47427625	76.1% Very good	Read 103 Write 161 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.8 219% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 94%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3614536 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61346180 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (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 57 53 723124267 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 43 47 90194313259 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 3 3614536 (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 -18391049946347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1429800651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1448464521	43.2% Average	Read 75.8 Write 74.4 Mixed 77.6 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.65 131% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Innov8 8TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 15GB free Firmware: CE07 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 70.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 55.2 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 7.32 4K Mixed 0.59 220% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 86%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 16TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 7.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 255 Write 210 Mixed 198 275% 221 MB/s	4K Read 1.66 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.38 49% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 128%

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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 $241Bench 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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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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