Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.4% 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	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 08:23
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2550K-$119 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 452 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 108 97% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 55 46 56 44 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46% Average	Read 375 Write 84.3 Mixed 112 SusWrite 51.4 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 14.4 72% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 30.8 DQ Mixed 36.7 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 85%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 963GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 132 133 133 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 96.5 Write 178 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 133 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 395% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 641GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 177 178 178 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 141 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 176 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M1A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 48%

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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 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