Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	99.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '23 at 23:30
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 237 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 663 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 165 Parallax 181 135% 170 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 147 Splatting 127 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 274 238 232 226 223 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 330 Mixed 336 SusWrite 238 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 53.6 172% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 471 324% 401 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 340%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 105 147 3.1 53 59 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 430 Write 380 Mixed 297 SusWrite 106 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 11.9 66% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 27 41% 78 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 188 173 176 167 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 356 Write 345 Mixed 300 SusWrite 172 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 46.5 154% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 239 181% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 722GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 126 131 130 117 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 83.9 Write 77.8 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 128 54% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 714GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 166 172 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 101 SusWrite 168 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 163 166 165 168 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 164 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 122%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16