Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.9% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111019
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 20:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 197 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 380 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2091 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.8 61% 69.2 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 73.1 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 35 34 33 17 9.7 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.9% Below average	Read 232 Write 96 Mixed 114 SusWrite 32.5 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 13.3 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 38.4 43% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 17 15 17 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 17.2 17% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 43%
G-drive USB 3TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 2203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 25 Write 23.7 Mixed 24 SusWrite 26.7 18% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 74GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 166 173 174 177 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 147 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 171 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 192GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 59 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 72 Mixed 41 SusWrite 69.7 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 79%

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

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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	67x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	56x
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 $139Bench 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	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16