Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 16:09
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 41 2-Core 155 56% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 388 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.9% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 63.4 57% 68.8 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 70.2 57% 69.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 192 231 233 239 237 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.6% Good	Read 250 Write 237 Mixed 209 SusWrite 220 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 26.1 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 168 133% 184 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 194GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 340 395 396 405 365 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 448 Mixed 373 SusWrite 371 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 39.2 122% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 295 225% 307 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 580GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 114 118 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 115 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 75%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 167 163 165 164 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 148 Mixed 66 SusWrite 162 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 276% 2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-183.A00LF 4x2GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 56%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16