Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 195 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 519 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 77.3 65% 78.7 fps	MRender 77.2 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 70.1 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,558 Write 4,482 Mixed 4,945 1,113% 4,995 MB/s	4K Read 331 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 227 893% 249 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 633 486% 671 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 82 76 76 84 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 81.2 Write 78.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 77.7 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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