Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 357 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 198 Parallax 182 130% 180 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 439 460 452 451 452 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 442 Mixed 445 SusWrite 448 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 44 142% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 40GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 70 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 82 Write 60.2 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 70.5 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 54%
ST315003 41AS 1.5TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 267GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 40 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 40.6 50% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 KHX1866C10D3/4G 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

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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 58%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	66x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	55x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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