Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 192% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 163% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	228% 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	304% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '22 at 07:38
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 712 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-Ti 16,406 User benchmarks, average bench 232% MSI(1462 5090) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	228% Outstanding	Lighting 338 Reflection 301 Parallax 372 276% 337 fps	MRender 373 Gravity 302 Splatting 198 228% 291 fps
Poor: 205% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 247%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1610 1701 1786 2008 1977 1634 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 1,909 Write 1,698 Mixed 999 SusWrite 1786 359% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 62.2 223% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 1,069 814% 1,104 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 488%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 99 96 92 102 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 71 Write 43.2 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 93.9 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 164 137 118 112 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 181 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 150 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 340% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1981 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 44%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $944

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16