Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 14:08
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 798 74% 619 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 40.8 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 56.5 37% 43.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 346 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10494781191	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 45.6 176% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 88.8 90% 137 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 449 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7411334515	68.2% Good	Read 521 Write 127 Mixed 145 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 10.5 105% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 27.4 72% 159 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 232 Mixed 167 159% 213 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.26 68% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 213%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 204GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120780824 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 51 90216638752 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 396 (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 62 41 430135705638 (C2) HDA temperature 38 59 -8589934554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 26 120780824 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 68.1 Mixed 63.2 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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: $944

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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