Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111019
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 05:58
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 450 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.25% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.59 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.25% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 183 168 168 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 450 Write 187 Mixed 223 SusWrite 176 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 7.5 46% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 8 DQ Mixed 12.4 20% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 549GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 106 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 20 Write 20.5 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 15.1 14% 19 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 94%
HP External HDD 999GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 880GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 19.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 14.1 24% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%

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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 $182	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