Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 450 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 126% 151 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 111% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 157 173 165 168 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 275 Write 215 Mixed 205 SusWrite 148 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 14.9 63% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 94.6 77% 112 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 937GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 161 168 168 167 164 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 131 Mixed 74 SusWrite 161 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 217 219 219 219 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 403GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 0 1% 0.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 21%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-65A7B0 640GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 370GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 7.9 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 6 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 6.8 9% 6.38 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 87%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VII GENE Builds (Compare 438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE - $239

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	59x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	56x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	15x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	14x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16