Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	184% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 793 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1864 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 732 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3685062685	98.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 25.7 134% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 22 98% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 134%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 2,010 Write 963 Mixed 1,164 303% 1,379 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 30.1 136% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 21 37% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 219%
Marvell Raid VD 3TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	207% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 271 Mixed 250 241% 324 MB/s	4K Read 2.21 4K Write 6.91 4K Mixed 1.3 364% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 285%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40337560 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 866420 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 9161998370 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2960 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 -140737488355294 (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 10990821310696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 417834746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 437928348	97.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 164 Mixed 161 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 919GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 354 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 35 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 157 Mixed 143 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.36 136% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 723GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 129 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 51 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 123 Write 100 Mixed 99.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 403GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 40 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 107 Write 86.7 Mixed 86.4 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 31.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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