Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.8% 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	240% 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 20:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 759 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 102% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 668 750 766 754 740 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 1,209 Mixed 732 SusWrite 748 264% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 64.9 243% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 464 431% 692 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 283%
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 118GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 239 237 238 214 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 356 Write 275 Mixed 272 SusWrite 235 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 26.7 92% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 99 82% 121 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 167 168 167 169 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 140 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 168 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	534x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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