Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 06:58
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 655 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 55 Parallax 112 61% 80.5 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 70 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 768GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 221 240 281 103 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,287 Write 1,044 Mixed 397 SusWrite 240 164% 742 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 25.9 108% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 436 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 308 270% 400 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 314%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 138 140 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 814 Write 141 Mixed 232 SusWrite 138 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 202 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 110 493% 133 MB/s	DQ Read 874 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 247 248% 423 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 245%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.3% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $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: $929

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 $179	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