Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	109% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 23:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 792 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 177 Parallax 177 142% 176 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 182 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 385 364 347 345 348 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 438 Mixed 363 SusWrite 372 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.7 170% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 190 185 187 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 145 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 183 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 191 190 192 192 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 150 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 190 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
G-DRIVE USB-C 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 815GB free, PID 2025 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 118 124 124 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 167 Write 120 Mixed 85 SusWrite 123 159% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.6 250% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 21.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	540x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

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 $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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $718

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16