Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120918
Uptime	24.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 01:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 410 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1970) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.4% Average	Lighting 54.2 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 49.5 44% 52.7 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 50 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 300 Write 127 Mixed 176 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 26.1 111% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 121 97% 136 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 882GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 76 61 61 62 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 87.2 Write 85.7 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 68.6 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-537.A00LF 2x4GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 61%

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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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Typical Maximus IV Extreme-Z Builds (Compare 405 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

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 $178	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