Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141002
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 10:48
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 600 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15608 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 364 (AE) Unknown 100 100 255 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 231929217058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 55102176224 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3467665274 (F8) Unknown 100 100 716536304	90.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 319 Mixed 394 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 31.5 133% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 48.5 89% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 715GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156593928 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2402731 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 4012189876265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23329 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 81604378665 (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 1782411433834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12712453365 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12063452228	82.5% Excellent	Read 161 Write 127 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 407GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 188 183 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 78764 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 39 (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 2	67.4% Good	Read 114 Write 121 Mixed 95.4 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 206GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4061 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57884 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 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	65% Good	Read 104 Write 123 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 83%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 179GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 157 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 1 10045 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10652 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8783 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2293278 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 45480 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454315040 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2443 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16382	33.1% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 57.7 Mixed 65.6 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 70%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 128 11233 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5601 (C2) HDA temperature 101 84 51 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 105 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.36 116% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-442.A00LF 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%

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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 $76Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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