Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 8.1 is the second most recent version of Windows but it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 02:39
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$365 162,970 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	SC Int 136 SC Float 138 SC Mixed 137 110% 137 Pts	QC Int 478 QC Float 501 QC Mixed 514 113% 497 Pts	MC Int 681 MC Float 722 MC Mixed 717 106% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 164,702 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Lighting 145 Reflection 118 Parallax 129 43% 131 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 83.2 42% 96.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$94 23,292 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5908 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1918 (B1) Unknown 92 92 152 (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 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 639 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19627567297	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 414 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46 185% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 97.4 135% 251 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 676,429 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1902 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3751 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 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	91.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 145 Mixed 147 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.14 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 16,418 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE - $239

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 85%, 162,970 samples	433x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 79%, 83,343 samples	125x
Core i7-4770KIntel $439Bench 77%, 62,851 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $195Bench 63%, 330,181 samples	124x
GTX 1070Nvidia $329Bench 99%, 367,574 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 125%, 298,873 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $78Bench 106%, 296,153 samples	53x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $207Bench 96%, 67,240 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 114%, 240,710 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 15,202 samples	40x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 69%, 8,172 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 36,473 samples	25x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $329	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $225	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12