Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	73% 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 (34%). 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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 21:43
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 197 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 498 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3748) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 161 Parallax 137 120% 148 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 520 Write 495 Mixed 503 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 3.62 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 22.3 62% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 13.4 18% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% 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 (99^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 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44270 (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 152853 (C2) HDA temperature 112 74 40 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 90.8 Mixed 90.6 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.4% 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 (15^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 11 11 64993 (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 119937 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 38 (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	32.1% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 50.9 Mixed 45.2 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 570GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 39144 (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 106 85 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 1	72.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 116 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 497GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 67490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3903 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249109413927 (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	48.7% Average	Read 84 Write 85.6 Mixed 89.9 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% 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 (98^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 43107 (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 64 48 36 (C2) HDA temperature 130 82 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2399231 (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	46.5% Average	Read 74.9 Write 86.9 Mixed 70.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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 as expected (58^th 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 40 40 43976 (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 115 92 35 (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% Average	Read 80.1 Write 69.5 Mixed 73.1 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43% 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 (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 78%

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Gaming 73%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 59%

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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	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 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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Total price: $799

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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