Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 20:32
Run Duration	530 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	68%

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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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 384 48% 366 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 132 110% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 100 100 504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 979 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6484 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32325 (A5) Unknown 100 100 91 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4932 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9453	0.87% Terrible	Read 1.65 Write 1.55 Mixed 5.09 1% 2.76 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.97 2% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 0.87% Great: 96%
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 below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 55 55 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 417913806	99.3% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 413 Mixed 217 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 36.2 144% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 94.7 105% 178 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14046753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -99978248699816 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14046753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14046753 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14046753 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18562 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16837 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16837 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11872	61.6% Good	Read 507 Write 129 Mixed 192 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 15.4 91% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 41.6 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 9086 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3365 (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 19180 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 52 210454380588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7509 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3368	69.3% Good	Read 113 Write 128 Mixed 80 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.59 143% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 72%

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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