Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '23 at 15:43
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 194 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 468 50% 397 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 56.8 44% 54.4 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 46.1 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 927 Write 357 Mixed 407 123% 564 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 29.2 111% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 281 234% 351 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 220%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 70GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 298 303 308 310 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 405 Write 389 Mixed 375 SusWrite 311 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 35.6 119% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 129%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 104GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 507 479 182 169 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,488 Write 786 Mixed 491 SusWrite 344 171% 777 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 29.6 97% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 425 318% 422 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 247%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 37: 0P 4R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
37%	12%	108	186	10	120	34"	1280 720	AOC3402 U34G2G4R3

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Gaming 86%

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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	540x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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