Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 576 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 94.9 58% 75.5 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 76.3 54% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 8556 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1078 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10398170089017 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.5% Good	Read 490 Write 259 Mixed 341 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 7.08 90% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 7.1 24% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 3770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1352921448660 (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 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 500 Write 267 Mixed 353 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 6.81 98% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 7.07 62% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 528GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 229 8066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2834 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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	53.5% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 88.2 Mixed 85.5 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5755912 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10639119 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1010 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51610 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (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 76596446758837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5546059992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238711049867	67% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 59GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 165 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28175 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 27 (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	31.8% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 55.1 Mixed 56.5 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

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