Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 13:11
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 782 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2364 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 123 Parallax 107 92% 114 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 36864 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3238 (B1) Unknown 85 85 535 (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 82 59 18 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 87 87 12693 (EB) Unknown 99 99 346 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28674462381	45.1% Average	Read 400 Write 136 Mixed 231 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 10.1 67% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 42.5 DQ Mixed 10.9 14% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 63%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 8GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (A5) Unknown 100 100 176116138255 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 290 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 82 45 193274183698 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193291223310 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7980 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11450 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8362 (F2) Unknown 253 253 21604 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 62% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 214GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11316 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4006 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 120861 (C2) HDA temperature 129 101 21 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 94.1 Mixed 90.5 69% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 83%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 32GB-$88 406 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 81 Write 28.9 Mixed 14.9 41% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.008 39% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 129 Write 31.9 Mixed 43.9 69% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.79 90% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 34 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 36.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	Latency 42 95% 42 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 119%

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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	534x
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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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