Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	212% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 18:17
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 260 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 732 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 110% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% 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% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 1067 881 860 829 692 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,607 Write 1311 Mixed 776 SusWrite 913 257% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58 204% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 903 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 446 382% 576 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 829GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 155 154 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 145 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 85GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 100 78 75 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 70.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 71.6 96% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 721GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 90 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 81 SusWrite 90 133% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 388GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 91 92 92 91 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 98.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 90.6 102% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 830GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 93 92 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 95 Write 89.8 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 92.5 114% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 4x8GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 96%

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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	539x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16