Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	87.2% 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	89.6% 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	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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 251 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 686 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 117 92% 116 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 89.8 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 783GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8383 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2637 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 147 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23177971043	89.6% Excellent	Read 515 Write 352 Mixed 361 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 8.72 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 32.1 DQ Mixed 46 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 83%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 356GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 62.6 Mixed 59.4 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.38 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 87GB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 166778064 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2203107 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 467 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 36 2010448658456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1071 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26879 (C2) HDA temperature 24 64 55834574872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104006928038577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29386722095132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6800690394528	88.2% Excellent	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 118 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 314GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 41 Write 41.6 Mixed 13.6 39% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.5 68% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 67%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII GENE Builds (Compare 438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE - $239

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
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	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16