Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	108% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 12:47
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 195 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 587 57% 470 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 179 147% 188 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 178 Splatting 133 120% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4315 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 733 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14053002889	108% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 42.4 166% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 107 126% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0 2TB 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1464 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41320 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 31 (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 132 Write 130 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.98 MB/s

WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 850GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 804 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15021 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 30 (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	61.4% Good	Read 126 Write 88.1 Mixed 77.3 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 101%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2092 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 126270 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 64.5 Mixed 61.8 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 12GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 226 7558 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1547 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 221498 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (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	39.7% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 62.6 Mixed 61.6 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 5GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 169 4600 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4413 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 48 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1858 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27255 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 152 152 48 (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	57.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 88.4 Mixed 89.6 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 123 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2692 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 745 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43164 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (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	33.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 50.4 Mixed 79.2 50% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 73%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE - $133

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	188x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	14x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	14x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $562

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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