Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	276% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 15:42
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 802 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 107% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,243 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,565 389% 1,757 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 59.5 246% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 229 247% 418 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 283%
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 142GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25883224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 67954972560735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 41 68722163749 (C2) HDA temperature 37 41 68722163749 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25883224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25883224 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25883224 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 193273528320 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8608 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7034 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7034 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18893 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1638412	63.8% Good	Read 509 Write 231 Mixed 288 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 15.7 76% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 49.3 64% 118 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149186904 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6147212 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 722927657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 251 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 73014444073 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32349693674440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8847454022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2113377570	95.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 164 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	534x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
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 $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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Total price: $939

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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