Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% 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	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 00:22
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 510 57% 448 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2753) CLim: 1489 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 18.9 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 18.9 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 683 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 71 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655392 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2229	84.9% Excellent	Read 519 Write 478 Mixed 500 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 13.3 88% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 12.4 66% 148 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 94%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 742GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895156 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1133 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684838942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.8% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 174 Mixed 138 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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