Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	116% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '21 at 18:45
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	23%

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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 247 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 688 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2707 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 193 Parallax 181 139% 181 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD60EZAZ-00SF3B0 6TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 179 176 178 178 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 178 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 1.1 36% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 39%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$180 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 455 458 461 458 455 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 184 Mixed 108 SusWrite 449 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 11.9 39% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 364 247% 294 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 136%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 447 453 455 454 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 443 Mixed 368 SusWrite 444 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.2 174% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 156 154 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 463 Mixed 374 SusWrite 184 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.2 214% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 353 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 147 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 144 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 147 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 146 147 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 147 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $40Bench 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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $924

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 $40	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