Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	506 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 546 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 135 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 84.3 110% 102 fps	Gravity 75.7 Splatting 68 63% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 485GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28966 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 226 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63882512840	82.9% Excellent	Read 504 Write 350 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 25.9 125% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 60.9 56% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 237GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34161 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 298 (B1) Unknown 98 98 15 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16970971737	84.5% Excellent	Read 507 Write 350 Mixed 354 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 26.8 130% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 39.6 45% 73 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 126%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 169GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 40939 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 535 (B1) Unknown 98 98 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 188 (EB) Unknown 99 99 443 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11605836704	74.7% Very good	Read 475 Write 388 Mixed 425 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 21.1 90% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 43.4 51% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 101GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 289 Write 171 Mixed 214 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 15 52% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 18 21% 36 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 192 12425 (03) Spinup time 167 161 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5013 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1132 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 328747 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (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 41	48.8% Average	Read 71.4 Write 98.7 Mixed 94.6 67% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 968GB free Firmware: XMO6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 119 Write 132 Mixed 60.2 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 871GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 34381037897 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3195 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158915297310 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 181 Mixed 153 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 555GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 141 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 167GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 177 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2666 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129450 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 130 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%
I-O DATA EC-PHU3 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 217GB free, PID 0153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 27.2 Mixed 30.2 38% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.37 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 46%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID null Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 22 Write 11.2 Mixed 12.3 17% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.92 81% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 04CD F3-14900CL9-2GBXL 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 04CD F3-14900CL9-2GBXL 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.4% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 57%

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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	42x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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