Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 09:16
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 676 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2109 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.2 68% 77.4 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 72.2 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25253 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1625 (B1) Unknown 75 75 291 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1691 (EB) Unknown 99 99 563 (F1) Unknown 99 99 164186862909	90.5% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 350 Mixed 351 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 23.7 146% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 67.5 75% 119 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 172 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2164 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14394 (C2) HDA temperature 102 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 121 Mixed 149 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3781 (C2) HDA temperature 101 97 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 151 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE - $133

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	191x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	14x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	14x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $538

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16