Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	169% 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	104% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 195 82% 138 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 662 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,420 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4042) ≥ 4GB; GV-N3090AORUS M-24GD CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	169% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 270 Parallax 328 190% 277 fps	MRender 313 Gravity 236 Splatting 142 179% 230 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 306 94 78 89 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 387 Mixed 438 SusWrite 180 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.9 184% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 211 200% 312 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 701GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2147 2208 1174 1167 1174 1174 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,399 Write 2262 Mixed 1,642 SusWrite 1,508 438% 1,953 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 76.1 256% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,334 DQ Write 1,129 DQ Mixed 1,240 927% 1,234 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 372%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 76GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 117 120 119 126 123 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 92.5 Write 112 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 123 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 36.6 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

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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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Total price: $929

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