Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.6% 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)
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	746 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$56 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 246 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 367 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Nano-$450 504 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04A4) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 83.7 52% 66.4 fps	MRender 52.5 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 66.1 51% 61.1 fps
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 199GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 779 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196620 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4166	77.1% Very good	Read 516 Write 339 Mixed 356 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 10.2 107% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 9.96 44% 91 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3866668 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 55 236224708648 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 136 (EA) Unknown 100 100 327 (F1) Unknown 253 253 300 (F2) Unknown 253 253 183 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 251 Mixed 239 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 18.9 105% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 13 70% 163 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 81.8 Write 86.3 Mixed 79.2 107% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.42 62% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 46%
WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4SA0 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 122 176% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Read 3.15 Write 1.55 Mixed 1.48 2% 2.06 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.001 4% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x4GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 102%

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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	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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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