Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 03:47
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 536 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 405 Write 473 Mixed 398 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 48.5 162% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 203GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 478 Write 421 Mixed 329 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 33.9 120% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 290 236% 334 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$40 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 683GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 101 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$100 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 253GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,184 Write 55.3 Mixed 112 1,279% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 732 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 3.2 30,883% 246 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$100 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,134 Write 45.5 Mixed 68.7 1,252% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 724 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 30,306% 242 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXLD 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXLD 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	67x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	56x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $140Bench 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	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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