Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	123% 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 (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	96%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 728 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2565 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 146 117% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 301 301 304 297 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 402 SusWrite 312 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.1 216% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 122%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 182 181 182 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 140 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 182 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 208 201 202 204 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 168 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 204 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9D SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 175 168 180 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 116 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 173 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 116 111 110 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 116 Write 83.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 113 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16