Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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 Drive	130% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 20:33
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 376 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 97 84% 102 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 86.9 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 73 226 401 485 487 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 892 Write 745 Mixed 324 SusWrite 361 129% 580 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34.8 143% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 848 578% 714 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 291%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 299 287 248 180 162 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 426 Mixed 377 SusWrite 245 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.6 183% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 186 170 190 162 172 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 413 Write 149 Mixed 178 SusWrite 176 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 22.1 84% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 90.8 89% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 39GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 81 81 94 96 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 94.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 85.3 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 74GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 60 64 64 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 53.2 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 61.5 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.4 135% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 28GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 44 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 54 Write 20.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 48.1 46% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 105%

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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	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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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