Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '23 at 01:30
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 662 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 4663) ≥ 4GB; EVGA GeForce 360 TI CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 172 Parallax 161 143% 170 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 491GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 542 417 366 354 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,478 Write 1,846 Mixed 1,634 SusWrite 593 313% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 54.3 175% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 468 342% 451 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 365%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 96 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 100 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 4x8GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	65	53	60	27"	2560 1387	PHL08C5 Philips 272P4

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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 $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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