Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	214% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 734 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 192 Parallax 192 145% 187 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 714GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,772 Write 1,321 Mixed 1,285 324% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 53.5 170% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 103 106% 175 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 302%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 552GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 4702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2340 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131080 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 184684707874 (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 2173 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1909 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3897 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8 (F6) Unknown 100 100 620352	88.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 499 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 13.7 100% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 13.9 72% 163 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 111%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$66 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 473GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1855 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 1009 (95) Unknown 100 100 51 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16019 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15807 (F5) Unknown 100 100 59360	84.4% Excellent	Read 496 Write 330 Mixed 352 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 29.8 112% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 61.3 90% 171 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 127%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 149 11208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 875 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (10) Unknown 8 192 151706257790 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 829 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 35 (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	94% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 169 Mixed 158 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.24 124% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

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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 $132	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) $34	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