Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	52.6% 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 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 567 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.659.0 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 152 88% 114 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 106 Splatting 113 83% 99.2 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 94%
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 131 100 1923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3047 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3099 (A9) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3058 (AE) Unknown 100 100 283 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 297206 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23020 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9968	52.6% Above average	Read 231 Write 241 Mixed 242 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 5.59 75% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 35.3 66% 129 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 70GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 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 140 138 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3762 (C2) HDA temperature 104 87 39 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.1% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.53 111% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4248 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 88.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 68.5 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $295	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 $40	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