Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.7% 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	108% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '16 at 04:51
Run Duration	512 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 832 88% 701 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: . Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 92% 110 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.8 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 858 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 219 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9397268276	108% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 400 Mixed 416 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 45.4 164% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 99.7 134% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3175152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -138925012154950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 46 1005025361950 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 1005025361950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3175152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3175152 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3175152 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6701 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4478 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4478 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2711	55.7% Above average	Read 409 Write 107 Mixed 155 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 12.5 98% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 93.3 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 27.1 42% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	7.06% Terrible	Read 32.9 Write 4.97 Mixed 7.85 14% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.02 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 19% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.06% Great: 8%
Imation Classic 8GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 6.51 Mixed 8.75 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.41 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.41 58% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 8%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 8GB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 9.81 Mixed 13.5 18% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.54 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 32.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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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	535x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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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Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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