Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	210% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '16 at 22:38
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 457 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 120% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,860 Write 882 Mixed 1,092 281% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 45.7 214% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 531 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 177 195% 334 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 243%
Hitachi HUS 724020ALA640 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 132 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 137 137 42982048159 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 25 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176095035430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77% Very good	Read 129 Write 140 Mixed 150 106% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUS 724020ALA640 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 156 Mixed 123 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.12 30% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 139 139 42981720474 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 180390002729 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 130 Write 107 Mixed 102 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.07 18% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 106%

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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	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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Value: 69% - Good

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