Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	97.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 544 74% 551 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 550 537 489 326 328 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 562 Mixed 249 SusWrite 462 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 23.9 114% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 285 243% 346 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 237%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 187GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1308 314 314 313 312 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 1,474 Mixed 693 SusWrite 479 253% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 56.5 253% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1202 DQ Write 1,298 DQ Mixed 875 762% 1,125 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 399GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 111 113 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 110 Write 100 Mixed 80 SusWrite 112 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 681GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 77 78 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 73 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 77.6 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 104%

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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