Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 702 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 77.7 69% 83.9 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 70.7 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT250MX200SSD6 250GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 707 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1409 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 95 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 27 313533661233 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15559301136 (F7) Unknown 100 100 486474461 (F8) Unknown 100 100 516532018	63.8% Good	Read 370 Write 145 Mixed 261 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 25.4 106% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 65.2 80% 143 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215501320 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1081 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 163671 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (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 66 63 4867162146 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3082 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 -140737488355294 (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 137980119351484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1699359703 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1083791058	75% Very good	Read 154 Write 107 Mixed 159 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25790120239 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4515 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8224 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454380579 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 136 Write 103 Mixed 127 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 854GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9250 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 14193 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6766 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 404029464 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 487915549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 177676 (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 62 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43.8% Average	Read 78.1 Write 74.4 Mixed 80.2 59% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.39 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9321936 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 213583281 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 605814820 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16657 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 42949672996 (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 -126589866078682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12497258207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 309861999880	92.3% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 123 Mixed 136 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 405GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25790185773 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6952 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9335 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864380450 (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 200 200 1247	52.4% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 86.5 Mixed 103 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.34 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 74%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 236GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 6983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1600 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 36 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.9% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 38.3 Mixed 38.1 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 103GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 2840 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27207 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 848 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91070869 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3611 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 82 34360262684 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 22130917415 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 21 2840 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 166 1627 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76330158781522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1246612756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2432596234	48.9% Average	Read 106 Write 64.6 Mixed 86.6 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.49 90% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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