Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150821
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '17 at 14:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 506 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PwrHis(1787 2014) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 9.19 6% 8.72 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 11 8% 9.29 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST680S 240GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP223PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1848550656	89.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 457 Mixed 476 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 12.8 118% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 16.3 60% 124 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 248GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 3960 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56291778 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 588972066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 98784247842 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 35 3960 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80534931770050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3879769120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2168397086	48.4% Average	Read 83.2 Write 85.6 Mixed 81.3 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.51 94% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 949GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 95.8 Mixed 78.8 114% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	536x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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