Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	197% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$170 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 738 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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: 430.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 112% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 844 843 806 748 696 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,496 Write 1,262 Mixed 704 SusWrite 804 238% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 54.4 189% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 448 391% 599 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 839GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 154 155 155 152 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 119 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 152 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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: 62 64 61 57 58 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 68.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 61.5 83% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 698GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	32% Below average	Read 84 Write 83.7 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 67.3 103% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32% 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: 91 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 60 SusWrite 91.7 118% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $700

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16