Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	122% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 14:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 98.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 240 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 676 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 181 Parallax 165 143% 174 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 330 297 336 337 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 461 Mixed 444 SusWrite 325 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 47.9 166% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 496 380% 524 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 206%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 298 318 341 354 361 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 433 Mixed 347 SusWrite 335 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 48.5 162% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 60.5 52% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 346GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 104 109 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 109 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 209GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 104 109 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 109 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2600 C10 4x4GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 43 93% 43 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%

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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 $133	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