Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 181% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	219% 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 Drive	232% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '22 at 15:50
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 649 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Gainward(10B0 F293) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Lighting 326 Reflection 300 Parallax 371 266% 333 fps	MRender 363 Gravity 263 Splatting 193 214% 273 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 894 947 1046 1170 996 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,358 Mixed 934 SusWrite 982 267% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 68.2 249% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 588 490% 729 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 262%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 507GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 391 469 479 473 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 2.3 Mixed 420 SusWrite 431 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.4 203% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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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Value: 70% - Good

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