Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 17:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 603 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX1660 SUPER CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 83.1 80% 89.3 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 80 Splatting 76 73% 92.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 479 435 322 259 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 372 SusWrite 366 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.8 195% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 534GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 102 103 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 59 SusWrite 100 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16