Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	228% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	29.4 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 28 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 596 67% 528 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.2 91% 107 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 97.7 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 902 Mixed 1,123 299% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 43.6 234% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 190 221% 391 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 102GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 1002 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (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 100 100 224 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979609633 (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 2141 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1718 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4579 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23 (F6) Unknown 100 100 596032	93.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 499 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.7 121% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 13.8 62% 130 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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 (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29963256 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 773390 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (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 63 47 622133285 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4541 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 51539607589 (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 -51964809313878 (F1) Unknown 100 253 270288479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34947527207	93.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 152 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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 (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203187984 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8614684 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (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 65 51 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2989 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 78 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70622147248582 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7522216996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15837403477	86.3% Excellent	Read 175 Write 126 Mixed 127 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.9 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $250Bench 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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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