Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	217% 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	29.6 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	Aug 27 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 289 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 824 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2286 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 100% 116 fps	Gravity 107 Splatting 108 95% 108 fps
Poor: 71% 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% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,931 Write 840 Mixed 1,055 280% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 41.5 219% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 29.8 154% 363 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB 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 1107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 394 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589848 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979609634 (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 2262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1828 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4796 (F4) Unknown 100 100 9 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24 (F6) Unknown 100 100 627584	93.7% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 509 Mixed 508 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13 117% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 13.1 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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 (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167454024 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 985 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 843915 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (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 689176617 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5131 (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 -4535485464128 (F1) Unknown 100 253 299778139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34987745116	90% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 150 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% 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 (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21640696 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8649413 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 22 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 689176615 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3465 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 51539607591 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 89 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34175054774751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7569324855 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15877709644	80.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 130 Mixed 120 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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 (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 33.8 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 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 $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