Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '16 at 22:22
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 738 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 5988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 85 Parallax 80.2 77% 86.5 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 71.7 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 1,425 Mixed 1,497 384% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 35 211% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 52.2 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 34.6 83% 161 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 330GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9054 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1699506915	125% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 502 Mixed 515 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 47.9 190% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 138 163% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Samsung SSD 840 Series 500GB 22GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	166% Outstanding	Read 108 Write 53.4 Mixed 85.7 98% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 10.5 1,914% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 8.56 1,854% 24.8 MB/s

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256G 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 8GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 263 Write 234 Mixed 245 315% 247 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 18.5 2,239% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 16.8 2,182% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 25 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	541x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16