Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	82.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 366 52% 380 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 113 93% 79.1 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 360 Write 253 Mixed 279 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 32.7 138% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 109 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 236%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 48GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2447277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 114821655694617 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1062 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 786 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2447277 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2447277 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2447277 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7404 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6045 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6045 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9315	43.7% Average	Read 188 Write 119 Mixed 142 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 13.4 78% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 35.5 54% 103 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 454GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 159 (03) Spinup time 171 166 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 128749 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 97 Mixed 66 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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