Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	95.1% 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 VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 19:07
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 675 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 68.7 141% 102 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 95.8 62% 73.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 230 232 225 220 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 289 Mixed 282 SusWrite 230 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39 168% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 280 219% 303 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 99GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 272 275 278 273 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 249 Mixed 206 SusWrite 272 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36 162% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 260 202% 281 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 95%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 124 148 148 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 442 Write 159 Mixed 216 SusWrite 145 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.2 176% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 170 127% 170 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 82%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 50GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 472 493 497 480 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 756 Write 618 Mixed 520 SusWrite 477 133% 593 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 72.1 253% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 918 631% 781 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 353%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 403GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 108 109 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 107 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $184	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) $35	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