Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91% 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	97.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 266 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 540 74% 548 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 95% 111 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 546 556 556 384 326 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 566 Mixed 246 SusWrite 480 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 22.4 111% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 287 244% 347 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 237%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 314 315 314 314 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,700 Write 1445 Mixed 582 SusWrite 486 234% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 48.3 202% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,046 DQ Write 1,296 DQ Mixed 956 781% 1,099 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 397GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 112 113 112 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 128 Write 106 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 648GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 75 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 71.5 Write 72.8 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 73.2 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 29.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	534x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $939

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