Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	200% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 820 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.2 95% 110 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 890 Mixed 1,120 300% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 30.7 197% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.2 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 194 126% 141 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 243%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 105GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 394 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524311 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 61 58 180389675047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2061 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1641 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4512 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23 (F6) Unknown 100 100 574400	87.8% Excellent	Read 524 Write 499 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.2 116% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 13.2 28% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236295192 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 756180 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 740425769 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4334 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 51539607593 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24073291694495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 260573691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34934976951	89.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 146 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159813256 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8594837 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 14 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 639762470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2776 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 51539607590 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 74 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36923833843268 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7510386974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15807723127	82.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $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: 70% - Good

Total price: $924

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 $40	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