Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 00:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 250 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 612 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 118 66% 85.8 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 75.4 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 239 244 252 252 252 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77% Very good	Read 264 Write 244 Mixed 220 SusWrite 247 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 38.2 140% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 141 118% 170 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 254GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 252 252 254 254 254 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	80.9% Excellent	Read 266 Write 253 Mixed 240 SusWrite 253 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 42.3 148% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 157 129% 185 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 171GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 252 252 254 254 254 MB/s Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	83.6% Excellent	Read 262 Write 254 Mixed 226 SusWrite 253 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 45.3 156% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 188 145% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 029E CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 029E CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

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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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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	41x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16