Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 22:06
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 513 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 32.8 24% 38.7 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 53.4 42% 51.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 133 133 111 139 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 364 Write 342 Mixed 280 SusWrite 144 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 43.6 144% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 165 138% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 118%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 464GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 123 129 127 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 120 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 125 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 72%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 207GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 61 61 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 55.9 Mixed 44 SusWrite 59.6 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 103%

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

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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 $134	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