Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 208 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 596 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 190 Parallax 171 142% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 452 463 471 477 478 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 473 SusWrite 455 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 51.4 167% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 400 301% 401 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 445%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 434GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 103 105 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 102 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 133 136 137 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 134 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 343GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 70.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 99.3 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 669GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 98 Mixed 51 SusWrite 87.6 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 457GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 149 149 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 149 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 108%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 8TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 30.3 Write 25 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 25.1 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.1 195% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 70%

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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 $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