Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	79.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110816
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 12:21
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 626 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 121 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 422 Write 129 Mixed 188 SusWrite 116 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 40.9 159% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 147 114% 157 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 24GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 82 83 43 78 105 MB/s Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.5% Above average	Read 169 Write 86.2 Mixed 141 SusWrite 89.6 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 28.7 121% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 166 126% 167 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 158GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 94.7 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 113GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 73 74 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 65.7 Write 80.5 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 73.8 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 60%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 177GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 76 76 68 77 75 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 93.9 Write 2 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 71.3 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 82GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 21 18 26 33 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 88 Write 87.7 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 26.1 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 227GB free, PID ab36 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 155 153 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 184 Write 161 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 153 192% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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