Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% 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	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150821
Uptime	27.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 07:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 735 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 94% 114 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6867 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 155 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048617 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 84 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5709	71.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 319 Mixed 359 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 10.3 78% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 48 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 406GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 330 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 48 47 874250292 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10098 (C2) HDA temperature 91 90 52 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 132 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 40GB free Firmware: P22OAB3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 167 167 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12895387809 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 31 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1396 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19475 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 266288496701 (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 200 253 0	25.5% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 40 Mixed 46.5 34% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.28 57% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 89%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 1,002 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $45Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16