Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	233% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 16:51
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 724 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 142 Parallax 138 112% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1017 1046 1026 953 895 890 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1876 Write 1,339 Mixed 810 SusWrite 971 278% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 58.2 215% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 454 407% 634 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 50 51 55 40 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 160 Write 16.7 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 44.9 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 113%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 156 154 156 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 78.1 Write 160 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 154 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.1 264% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 126%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 59GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 81.9 Write 37.3 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 37.8 60% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.3 288% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 45%
SanDisk SDDR-113 16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 3.5 Mixed 5 SusWrite 4.8 8% 7.85 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 15%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 59 57 59 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 76.7 Write 73.5 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 57.6 87% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 55.3 Mixed 64 SusWrite 83.8 97% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.7 292% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 4x8GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 96%

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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	539x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16