Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 513 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 19.3 18% 22 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 22 Splatting 23 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.35% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.75 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 19534544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 53051436064571 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (AB) Unknown 0 0 5 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 132 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 5 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19534544 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19534544 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19534544 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 84 84 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10147 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9201 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9201 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19271	47.8% Average	Read 449 Write 74.5 Mixed 125 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 11.4 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 10.3 20% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7133 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10064 (C2) HDA temperature 111 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	88.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 138 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.44 131% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 286GB free Firmware: PB3OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 10091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 159821 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 300648300568 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 59.5 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 42%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 277GB free Firmware: 0004SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 91 87744059 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 562936086585 (09) Power-on hours count 98 84 2393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 37 9905 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1132 (BC) Unknown 100 99 22 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 38 1155867803678 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1178 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64962 (C2) HDA temperature 30 62 -14070312861666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 34 87744059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37576668863997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 913368818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2594100051 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1226	44.8% Average	Read 78 Write 78.1 Mixed 74.6 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.34 70% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	66x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	55x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

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