Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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	113% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 05:15
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 675 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 218 Reflection 195 Parallax 192 178% 202 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 150 Splatting 132 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 355 163 160 157 155 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 426 Mixed 349 SusWrite 214 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.1 208% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 131%
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 9GB free Firmware: X61190WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 466 Mixed 332 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.1 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 248 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 117%
MO0200EBTJU 200GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 27GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 187 199 200 196 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 201 Write 194 Mixed 164 SusWrite 191 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 15.4 64% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 70.1 DQ Mixed 81.9 70% 105 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 139 141 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 113 116 112 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 115 Write 87.5 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 113 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 124%

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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	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 $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 $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: 70% - Good

Total price: $924

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 $40	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