Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 16:27
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 690 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 187 Parallax 196 150% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 334 314 315 314 317 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 435 Mixed 376 SusWrite 339 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.8 188% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 193 187 185 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 104 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 187 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 186 189 188 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 148 Mixed 85 SusWrite 188 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
G-DRIVE USB-C 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 812GB free, PID 2025 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 125 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 166 Write 124 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 126 163% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.9 253% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 119%

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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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Gaming 86%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

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) $39	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