Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '16 at 11:57
Run Duration	430 Seconds
Run User	ARM-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 484 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E155) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.66% Terrible	Lighting 5.93 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 4.88 5% 5.74 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 5.43 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.66% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate STM3320418AS 320GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175199875 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 42 42 72344700268986 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4621 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 480 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 505020445 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 29 175199875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93956704588024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3346367015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4289725685	45.9% Average	Read 82.2 Write 77.7 Mixed 79.5 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 374GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 80 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120938554 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 521797659 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 -4294967269 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 34 80 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52694953749138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2739873330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4121218802	69.9% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 110 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.59 115% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3% Terrible	Read 13.9 Write 2.45 Mixed 4.61 7% 6.98 MB/s	4K Read 1.86 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.005 7% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGE85F-C8KL9A 4x2GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $591

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 $45	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