Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% 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	76.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 12:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 199 84% 141 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 608 58% 482 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 137 Parallax 122 99% 127 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 119 Splatting 97.4 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 148 105 78 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 41.7 Write 352 Mixed 723 SusWrite 114 71% 308 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 39.7 177% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 52.9 113% 239 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 141%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 43GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 145 147 134 139 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 463 Mixed 386 SusWrite 170 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.8 211% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 37GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 46 91 74 54 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 475 Write 432 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 118 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.5 25% 7.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 100%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 344GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 89 93 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 97 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 93.5 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 110%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	535x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $944

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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