Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	82.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 568 77% 572 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 97% 117 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 110 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lacie P9223 Slim 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 238GB free Firmware: 1053 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 428 Write 290 Mixed 335 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 7.48 58% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 16.8 50% 107 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 52 206159347737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3756409437 (F7) Unknown 100 100 117396679 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38598566 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3585 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 339 Mixed 340 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 25.7 118% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 38.7 55% 95.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 227633922079 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16868871912 (F7) Unknown 100 100 527828200 (F8) Unknown 100 100 251497446 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3573 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 476 Write 307 Mixed 337 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 23.2 112% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 29.6 81% 175 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2926 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 28.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 28.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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