Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 13:38
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-3GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$349 553,688 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 101% 178 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 723 76% 593 Pts	64-Core 785 53% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$230 503,864 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 79 Parallax 69.2 64% 75.7 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 76.5 63% 79.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$89 212,074 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 327 327 329 327 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 1,426 Mixed 542 SusWrite 380 232% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 56.7 250% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 1,218 DQ Mixed 844 715% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 234%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$170 63,633 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 119GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 212 214 215 214 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 470 Mixed 346 SusWrite 233 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 64.9 229% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 334 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 32.5 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 35.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 100%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money.

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 1,378 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $349Bench 83%, 553,688 samples	729x
Core i5-6600KIntel $195Bench 80%, 315,495 samples	241x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 527,203 samples	126x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 848,391 samples	186x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,058,005 samples	175x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,074Bench 136%, 718,166 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 757,781 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $149Bench 110%, 645,285 samples	73x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 436,250 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 83%, 494,248 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 445,090 samples	37x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 85%, 28,572 samples	28x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,186

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $210	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-11600K $255	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $390	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16