Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 163 2-Core 309 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 898 90% 732 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2923 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 210 Parallax 203 154% 201 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 184 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 12676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (64) Unknown 100 100 4377856 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 65 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 283469086761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 728 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 178 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 728 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7838 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6052 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5465 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 15208	106% Outstanding	Read 1,057 Write 539 Mixed 629 163% 742 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 15.6 78% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 17.8 51% 118 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 159%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 70GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th 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 100 100 480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18470 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (94) Unknown 100 100 14184 (95) Unknown 100 100 463 (96) Unknown 100 100 309 (97) Unknown 100 100 443 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 53 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106223 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44857 (F5) Unknown 100 100 295520	89.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 329 Mixed 354 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 29.4 126% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 59.6 96% 184 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 118%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686622185 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 237 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159806503 (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 200 200 0	91.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 165 Mixed 167 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1048 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4539 (C2) HDA temperature 101 89 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 133 Mixed 140 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%

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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	539x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $718

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16