Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.7% 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	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120302
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 19:16
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 158 63% 107 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 375 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 87% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4895 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 112 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 180388626463 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25844716302 (F7) Unknown 100 100 815683623 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2773340708	81.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 420 Mixed 444 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 26.4 78% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 56.5 99% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS5C302 2TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 244GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386411928 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2262 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979478563 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 112 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 62GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 745 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3894 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 83.4 Mixed 63.7 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 87%

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Desktop 78%

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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	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