Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 07:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 711 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 78.3 191% 78.3 fps
Poor: 46% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 92 108 115 112 103 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 311 Write 132 Mixed 197 SusWrite 105 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.3 161% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 163 121% 161 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 448 444 446 445 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 451 Mixed 325 SusWrite 441 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46.1 175% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 152 166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 87 88 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 90 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 87.6 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 106 98 119 113 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 74.5 Write 115 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 108 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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