Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	108% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 03:58
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 507 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 204 Parallax 178 148% 188 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 74GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 221 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1348 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 176 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 15242 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 13 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36254 (F2) Unknown 100 100 185404 (F5) Unknown 100 100 60968	82.8% Excellent	Read 480 Write 256 Mixed 265 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 33.4 120% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 49.6 89% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3949 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1365 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (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 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9186618451	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 416 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 43.9 158% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 101 137% 253 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
WD WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 2TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3067896 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2424 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 52 773193773 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 45 48 90194313261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8950711844866 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3436362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1788116	99.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 171 Mixed 181 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
Adata SP550 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 100GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 4791 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1881 (C2) HDA temperature 93 85 54 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 59.2 Mixed 67.9 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 91%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $28	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