Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 16:54
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 202 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 487 55% 432 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 73.2 72% 85 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 94.6 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 340 Write 354 Mixed 316 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 39 126% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 44.4 41% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 170 172 173 174 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 84.7 Write 123 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 171 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 349% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 94%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 83 87 77 75 79 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 92 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 77.8 104% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16