Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 09:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 98.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 617 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.22 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 6.91 4% 5.24 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SiImage 100GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 113 114 116 118 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 534 Write 141 Mixed 199 SusWrite 118 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30 108% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 168 136% 197 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 70%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 308 307 262 243 261 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 399 Write 278 Mixed 291 SusWrite 282 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 36.8 124% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 194 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 137 139 138 142 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 133 Mixed 94.6 SusWrite 137 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 68GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 113 114 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 121 Write 42.3 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 114 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2200 C7 4x2GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 22.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%

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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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Typical Maximus IV Extreme Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 73%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	155x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	38x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 2,445 samples	8x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $799

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16