Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '16 at 00:41
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 678 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 106 91% 113 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 86.3 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-G512M6eA 512GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 383GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1087 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11970 (F2) Unknown 100 100 700	83.4% Excellent	Read 374 Write 289 Mixed 335 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 39.6 130% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 99.7 110% 186 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 198464837	120% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 401 Mixed 419 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.6 198% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 118 146% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68136720 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 8598482152 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1702 (B7) Unknown 41 41 59 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 622985253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19850 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 30064771109 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -138985141692261 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8253310548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6623645677	69.2% Good	Read 143 Write 98.7 Mixed 132 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111412472 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302371158 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1348 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 572325922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22338 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 42949672994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94858647694223 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2946540254 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2399424075	66.7% Good	Read 94.4 Write 136 Mixed 75.3 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 7.26 4K Mixed 0.62 234% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218172424 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17503941 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 57 4295032985 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 639828006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45984 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 34359738406 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 956 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126692945304125 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9123354387 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17104937367	97.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 139 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE - $239

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
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	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $896

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 $184	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) $35	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