Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	213% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 06:28
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 685 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.7 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 95.3 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 725 724 755 731 736 726 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 849 Mixed 666 SusWrite 733 233% 1,060 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 52 194% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 376 349% 559 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 440 448 438 430 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 462 Mixed 365 SusWrite 440 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 54.8 189% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 197 199 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 151 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 197 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 116%

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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	535x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
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 $45Bench 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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Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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