Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 760 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 55.8 Parallax 101 63% 78.1 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 74 Splatting 71.7 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 269 Mixed 473 191% 894 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.3 195% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 155 168% 293 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 90075602 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6917772 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 521338910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13249 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 42949672990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20916490733816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2791777145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 623043581670	84% Excellent	Read 167 Write 127 Mixed 150 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146212488 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184263837 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34678 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (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 -102215926675211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17335771188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 410485256679
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD43000C158G2NJK 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 27 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 29.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16