Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.6% 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 Drive250% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME  (all builds)
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160302
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateApr 04 '16 at 11:12
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 143
2-Core 277
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 783
80% 648 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 115
Parallax 106
89% 110 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 97.9
Splatting 88.4
76% 93.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Relative performance (0th percentile)
25.6% Poor
Read 53.2
Write 338
Mixed 46
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.98
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 1.05
9% 4.39 MB/s
DQ Read 3.14
DQ Write 10.5
DQ Mixed 2.99
3% 5.53 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 25.6%
Great: 565%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290
353GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
250% Outstanding
Read 1,953
Write 1,519
Mixed 1,667
381% 1,713 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 55.3
203% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 398
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 181
187% 306 MB/s
Poor: 114%
This bench: 250%
Great: 241%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4B8G2J3000K15K 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
MC Read 35
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 32
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 40.6
SC Mixed 31
89% 31.2 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 122%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME Builds (Compare 527 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $1,240
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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