Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141002
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 11:58
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 631 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 13054 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 316 (AE) Unknown 100 100 215 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 46 231929217053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47463507066 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1506154512 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3803930142	90.1% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 309 Mixed 380 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 31.5 136% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 48.1 86% 165 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 983GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158066640 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1603781 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (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 60 50 807665704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13457 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 81604378664 (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 -90211493081149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10907595906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6237018986	63.7% Good	Read 121 Write 101 Mixed 143 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 845GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 183 5733 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69573 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 114 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 568GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47171 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 92.5 Mixed 103 73% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 83%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 289GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 137 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 1 10053 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6742 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6997 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2286285 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 44973 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454315035 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2441 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12465	63.6% Good	Read 104 Write 118 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 205GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8120 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 572456992 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 639565858 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 89.2 Mixed 93.5 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 12200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3982 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3851 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 50 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 95.2 Mixed 87.2 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.58 154% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 92%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 461GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.6% Average	Read 94.5 Write 97.7 Mixed 69.9 111% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.35 74% 0.87 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 63%

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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	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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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