Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 756 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 200 Parallax 177 146% 185 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 127 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6224 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 608 (B1) Unknown 99 99 60 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 46 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18730822616	103% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 477 Mixed 503 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 40.6 118% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 169 179% 295 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 22 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3052 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3806 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12972 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 203 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 207 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569347617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 12451 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 203 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 217343	108% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 175 Mixed 135 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.17 4K Mixed 0.62 194% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20548432 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8924714 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 51 721332 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589103139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2174 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 81604378659 (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 120151710108607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7782221196 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51623223446	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 177 Mixed 135 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.18 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 34.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%

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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