Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% 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	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 15:03
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 96 2-Core 182 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 505 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.6 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 80 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 303 306 306 307 308 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 458 Mixed 442 SusWrite 307 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 51.6 168% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
Adata SX910 128GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 21GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 199 206 187 197 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 369 Write 260 Mixed 267 SusWrite 196 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 32.3 126% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 157 130% 189 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 83%
Adata SD600Q 240GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 26.4 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 26.6 6% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 6.2 24% 7.13 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 66%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 495GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 57.6 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 57.4 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 77%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 246GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 58 59 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 85.6 Write 85.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 58.3 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

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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	33x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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