Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 553 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.4 86% 108 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 1,312 Mixed 1,193 322% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 27.4 162% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 190 161% 221 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 905 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 870 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1084714827	118% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.7 189% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 118 143% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232128208 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1923 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 600 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 21511314337 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 706805797 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64735 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 64424509477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 136 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127689377714262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17945397686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54107270774	82.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 139 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 390GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 30 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 38 10240 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8659 (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 25945 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3064886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 436 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 214749216801 (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 11 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8680	48.4% Average	Read 73.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 99.1 68% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.34 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 72%
External AL2_12345678_0_B 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2TB free, PID 1670 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 30 Write 30.9 Mixed 18.6 33% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 15GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 9.24 Mixed 10.2 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.46 52% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $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 $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

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $714

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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