Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 20:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 243 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 628 68% 538 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 81.4 73% 88.7 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 85.1 68% 83 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 104 108 90 89 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 475 Write 138 Mixed 162 SusWrite 98.7 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 23.9 93% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 66.4 66% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 217GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 111 109 110 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 89 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 109 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 157GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 97 106 105 104 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 190 Write 158 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 104 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $46

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