Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 699 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB; Palit CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 153 Parallax 145 121% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 113 104 99 96 89 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 357 Write 125 Mixed 169 SusWrite 98.7 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 34 137% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 142 108% 147 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 82%
Samsun HD204UI 2TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 162GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 78 76 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 73 Write 39 Mixed 52 SusWrite 74.9 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%

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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	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16