Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.2% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 20:54
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 166 2-Core 332 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 658 8-Core 648 88% 653 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 88.4 89% 103 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1617 980 596 595 598 598 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1626 Mixed 680 SusWrite 831 270% 1,212 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 60.4 256% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 1,375 DQ Mixed 886 756% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 462 469 191 361 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 322 SusWrite 374 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 39 160% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 68.8 131% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 409GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 389 331 249 251 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 428 Mixed 286 SusWrite 315 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.6 148% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 269 220% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 416GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 98.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 93.1 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 68%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 3,976 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.6 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6.9 10% 9.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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 $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 $40	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