Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.8% 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	120% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 719 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.4 82% 102 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 83.9 73% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 305 305 277 296 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 449 Mixed 368 SusWrite 312 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.8 207% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 142 144 146 145 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 386 Write 156 Mixed 211 SusWrite 140 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.7 158% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 170 130% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 91 Write 90.5 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 99.3 60% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 132 130 132 131 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 101 SusWrite 131 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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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 $242Bench 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