Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	307% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 10:53
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 830 89% 709 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 213 Parallax 195 163% 203 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 194 Splatting 130 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2244 485 599 598 600 601 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,606 Write 2,364 Mixed 1460 SusWrite 855 406% 1,821 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.8 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,299 DQ Write 1,171 DQ Mixed 1,218 918% 1,229 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 273GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 555 553 554 555 549 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 956 Write 891 Mixed 448 SusWrite 589 161% 721 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.7 174% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 316 278% 406 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 313%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 284GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 146 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 98 SusWrite 147 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32.5 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 88%

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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 $130Bench 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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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