Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	132% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 717 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 145 Parallax 136 105% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 368 430 473 440 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 404 SusWrite 420 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.6 224% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 509GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 383 484 490 493 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 422 SusWrite 450 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 54 195% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 181GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 91.5 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 88.6 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 28.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 31.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

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

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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 $40Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $939

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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