Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '16 at 08:30
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 749 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 5988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 86.3 77% 90.8 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72.6 64% 78.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,717 Write 1,384 Mixed 1,525 344% 1,542 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 21.1 183% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 80.6 102% 170 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 330GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8926 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1690874683	123% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 486 Mixed 514 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.3 182% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 172 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung SSD 840 Series 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 23GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67% Good	Read 39 Write 39.6 Mixed 34.5 48% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 7.47 850% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 17.9 DQ Mixed 7.62 914% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 167%
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256G 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 10GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 39 Write 39.6 Mixed 39.3 51% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 9.29 911% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 9.28 977% 13.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%

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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	539x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16