Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	64.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 23:11
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$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 (62^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 172 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 460 45% 371 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 4527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 93.2 84% 97.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 80.2 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 150 171 149 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 312 Write 200 Mixed 242 SusWrite 154 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 30.1 107% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 198 154% 214 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 10 Volume 2TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 269% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 260 252 259 260 262 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.4% Poor	Read 111 Write 48 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 259 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 1.5 16% 8.2 MB/s	DQ Read 9.3 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 6.9 8% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 583%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 413GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 304 325 317 331 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 394 Mixed 402 SusWrite 321 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 43.5 141% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 185 138% 182 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 129%
Lacie P9230 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 162 162 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 116 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 162 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%

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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%

Yacht

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	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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