Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	168% 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	156% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 01:21
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 254 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 726 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB; 11G-P4-2383-KR CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3622 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 245 Parallax 262 190% 246 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 239 Splatting 157 175% 222 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 135 102 107 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,355 Write 1,460 Mixed 182 SusWrite 182 176% 795 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 54.1 186% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 269 335% 583 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 255%
ST4000DM000-1F2168 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 123 123 122 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 110 Write 141 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 121 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.8 6% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 19%
ST4000DM000-1F2168 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 64GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 222 147 127 80 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 471 Write 436 Mixed 293 SusWrite 147 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 35.3 119% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 198 177% 268 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD8SN8U512G1122 4TB 555GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 153 154 156 154 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 147 Write 146 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 153 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s

WD WD2002FAEX-007BA0 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 387GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 414 417 427 426 427 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 482 Write 420 Mixed 305 SusWrite 420 300% 407 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 40.6 7,466% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 198 2,031% 246 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 1,432 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 102%

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

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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	535x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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