Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


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 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	241% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 736 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 194 Parallax 192 146% 188 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 715GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,858 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,213 332% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.4 206% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 166 181% 308 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 302%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 546GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2340 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684707876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2117 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1863 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3855 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7 (F6) Unknown 100 100 603584	96.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 494 Mixed 490 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.7 110% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 13.5 93% 214 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 111%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$84 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 477GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1850 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 955 (95) Unknown 100 100 47 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15653 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15619 (F5) Unknown 100 100 59200	90.7% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 325 Mixed 350 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 31.8 128% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 62.9 102% 199 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 127%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 149 11250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 845 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (10) Unknown 8 192 151612002529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 804 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 162 Mixed 163 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.27 4K Mixed 0.26 126% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 104%

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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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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