Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 735 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3921 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1352 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 61 47 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 248 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7559356140	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 417 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.8 197% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 121 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11293 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3810 (B1) Unknown 80 80 408 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 553 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76127130654	117% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 417 Mixed 421 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47 188% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 113 137% 243 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 205342290 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 34446100986 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -125155347002525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (B7) Unknown 52 52 48 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 154621581922 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16147 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 134 7226 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47699906787535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22546144756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20712944473	85.7% Excellent	Read 161 Write 138 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 71%

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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	188x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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