Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 16:57
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 464 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.3 86% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180388626459 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14323201025 (F7) Unknown 100 100 452835124 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1449885671	83.2% Excellent	Read 481 Write 418 Mixed 440 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 26.1 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 59.4 107% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS5C302 2TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 264GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386477465 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979478558 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 78GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3267 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 79.8 Write 71.5 Mixed 71.5 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 87%

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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