Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII GENE  (all builds)
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Memory 92.4
1-Core 93.1
2-Core 270
82% 152 Pts
4-Core 535
8-Core 752
81% 643 Pts
64-Core 753
47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 119
Parallax 108
94% 114 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 105
Splatting 85.4
78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 385 386 379 381 389 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 375
Write 396
Mixed 301
SusWrite 384
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 37.8
166% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 317
242% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 141 141 141 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Read 147
Write 128
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 140
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
77.1% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.9
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 25.4
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 994 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $944
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Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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