Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 577 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.3 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 135GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 206 208 208 207 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 254 Mixed 281 SusWrite 199 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44.7 174% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 242 191% 265 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 49 53 51 35 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,394 Write 1,929 Mixed 1,608 370% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 70.1 260% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 2,124 DQ Write 1,752 DQ Mixed 1,858 1,413% 1,911 MB/s
Poor: 150% Great: 298%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 208GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1427 1434 1435 1437 1436 1395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,425 Mixed 840 SusWrite 1,427 320% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 67.6 251% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 465 442% 718 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 597GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 77 78 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 95.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 76.1 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 75%
Seagate D3 Station 2TB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 79GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 164 161 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 166 Write 106 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 162 151% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 993 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	534x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	27x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $939

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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