Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 18:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 610 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 68.8 66% 76.3 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 75.7 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-af Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 57 55 58 57 58 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.8% Average	Read 16.2 Write 170 Mixed 176 SusWrite 67 25% 107 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 14.6 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 8.3 54% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 140%
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 203GB free Firmware: VRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 355 317 354 318 353 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 446 Write 350 Mixed 273 SusWrite 342 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 32.6 120% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 176 162% 250 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 32GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 70 72 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 44.5 Write 60.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 72.9 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 169% 2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 756GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 53 41 54 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 84.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 53.4 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 172% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 96%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII GENE Builds (Compare 436 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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