Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive217% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII GENE  (all builds)
Memory59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160302
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 17 '16 at 01:34
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 86.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 229
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 691
67% 550 Pts
64-Core 722
45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200
Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
36.4% Below average
Lighting 45.9
Reflection 51.5
Parallax 54.9
37% 50.8 fps
MRender 48.4
Gravity 40.3
Splatting 39.2
34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31%
This bench: 36.4%
Great: 35%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 2,188
Write 1,400
Mixed 1,487
374% 1,692 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 35.3
125% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 63.1
63% 102 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 217%
Great: 283%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60
2.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Read 159
Write 152
Mixed 148
115% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.98
4K Write 1.83
4K Mixed 0.23
100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 23.9
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 22.4
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 73%
Great: 135%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII GENE Builds (Compare 995 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $929
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