Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 147% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	209% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '22 at 15:43
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 680 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Nvidia(10DE 1535) ≥ 4GB; Founders Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	209% Outstanding	Lighting 307 Reflection 288 Parallax 352 250% 315 fps	MRender 351 Gravity 257 Splatting 189 209% 266 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 307 308 308 307 311 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 464 Mixed 390 SusWrite 307 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.2 161% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 217 196% 300 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 254GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 467 468 476 447 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 452 Mixed 391 SusWrite 462 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 63.1 210% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 360 264% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 39GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 90 88 81 63 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 315 Write 137 Mixed 174 SusWrite 84.3 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 13.3 103% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 42.7 67% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 111 112 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 110 128% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 104%

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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	535x
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 $273	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 $178	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