Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120302
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 607 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2845 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 218 Parallax 213 162% 210 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 189 Splatting 135 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 230GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.2% Below average	Read 170 Write 98.1 Mixed 110 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 8.66 44% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 37.5 51% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 59%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4322 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1552 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 253404250142	35.2% Below average	Read 252 Write 133 Mixed 115 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 7.19 36% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 34.4 54% 107 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 214GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6218 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 958 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24712 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 30 (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	33.8% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 53.7 Mixed 61.7 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 121GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24787 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6230 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 937 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24787 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 30 (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	34.6% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 50.1 Mixed 61.6 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16