Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	21.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 98 2-Core 186 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 472 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3748) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 98% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 532 Write 493 Mixed 504 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 13 44% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 52.6 DQ Mixed 12.9 17% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 237%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 145 9083 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151103 (C2) HDA temperature 107 74 45 (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	58.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 90 Mixed 89.9 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 12 64800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119551 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	30.7% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 47.1 Mixed 46.2 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 643GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7297 (C2) HDA temperature 105 85 42 (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 1	76.8% Very good	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 103 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 497GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38683083201 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 67295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3572 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 249109413928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24	48.3% Average	Read 83.8 Write 84.3 Mixed 75 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 464GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9443 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42912 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 82 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1634870 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 80.9 Mixed 70.4 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 44%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 6991 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7083 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 78.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 80.9 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 2x4GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 78%

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Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	155x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	38x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 2,445 samples	8x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16