Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 662 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.3 81% 98.9 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 91 Splatting 74.5 68% 84.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8006 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1073 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 370 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36954222162	98.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 30.1 168% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 29.4 38% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8151 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1222 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 70 47 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 292 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10386977141	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 405 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 30.3 168% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 118 146% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175068176 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 52 352204752253 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1995 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 38 662013542429 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38700 (C2) HDA temperature 29 62 4294967325 (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 -73461120622006 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22400306762 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13831011124	94.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 147 Mixed 171 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164618248 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 420935110866 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1995 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 773732958236 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33207 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48722108997475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18520129560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30923074532	99% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 167 Mixed 169 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 113%
KINGWIN EZD-2537U3 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 905GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.7% Good	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 85 172% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 72%

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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 $90Bench 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: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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