Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	99.3% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	May 31 '22 at 03:23
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 654 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 134 Parallax 126 111% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 309 309 308 311 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 324 Mixed 306 SusWrite 308 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 38.1 150% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 123 153% 272 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 254GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 471 472 472 472 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 453 Mixed 386 SusWrite 466 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 61.2 204% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 39GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 84 68 64 61 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 316 Write 137 Mixed 168 SusWrite 74.2 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 13.9 111% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 81.8 86% 145 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 112 112 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 110 127% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 104%

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

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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	536x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16