Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	202% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 02:58
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 803 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 133B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3628 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 127 Parallax 139 112% 135 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 122 Splatting 110 110% 139 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 565 241 227 223 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,292 Write 1,079 Mixed 1,089 SusWrite 397 216% 964 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 76.8 280% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 810 631% 861 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 228%
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 72GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 228 227 227 221 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 200 SusWrite 230 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.5 167% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 156 169% 284 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 65GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 257 128 97 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 470 Write 212 Mixed 352 SusWrite 163 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 37.1 143% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 197 179% 270 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 96%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 79GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 293 314 313 315 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 485 Mixed 382 SusWrite 311 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.4 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 352 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
PNY ELITE 480GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 369GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 381 380 379 380 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 317 Write 360 Mixed 310 SusWrite 379 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 24.9 84% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 73.9 73% 117 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 678GB free Firmware: EB01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 95 95 98 96 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 68.8 Write 93.9 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 95.4 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 395GB free Firmware: DEM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 91 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 84.3 Write 95 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 88.8 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 4x8GB 25,190 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32.8 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 29.7 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

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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	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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16