Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 174%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 150%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics215% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive93.1% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII GENE  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151001
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 20 '22 at 03:00
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 87.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 250
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 704
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 683
42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.79
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
215% Outstanding
Lighting 317
Reflection 303
Parallax 332
259% 317 fps
MRender 362
Gravity 264
Splatting 195
215% 274 fps
Poor: 162%
This bench: 215%
Great: 225%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1126K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 229 307 267 238 220 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 302
Mixed 288
SusWrite 255
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 41.7
154% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 192
158% 229 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 90%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
144GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 118 118 118 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
70% Good
Read 127
Write 125
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 116
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 70%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2133 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.2
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 22.5
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 995 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $924
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