Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 01:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 153 81% 131 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 788 59% 533 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 95 Splatting 88.4 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 70GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7916295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 52364241280814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 125 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 89 73020276768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7916295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7916295 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7916295 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 775 (EA) Unknown 0 0 620 (F1) Unknown 0 0 620 (F2) Unknown 0 0 723	69.7% Good	Read 488 Write 142 Mixed 215 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 12.9 122% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 12 49% 111 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 87%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 76 (AE) Unknown 100 100 454 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227634249765 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 33 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10272964748 (F7) Unknown 100 100 324315296 (F8) Unknown 100 100 953468752	37.7% Below average	Read 520 Write 74.9 Mixed 129 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 1.03 46% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 89%

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

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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