Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 18:26
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 530 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8692) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 161 Parallax 183 97% 154 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 151 Splatting 112 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 180 112 87 80 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 471 Mixed 384 SusWrite 145 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 40.2 140% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 148 119% 172 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 139 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 331GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 90 90 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 94.2 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 88.3 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 202 206 192 206 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 177 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 200 123% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 242% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 236%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 294GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 158 160 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 95.3 Write 123 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 155 160% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 142GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 133 128 114 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 129 140% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 59%
Imation Nano Pro 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 10GB free, PID 043c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 13 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	8.76% Terrible	Read 28.7 Write 10.7 Mixed 6 SusWrite 13.5 17% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.76% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 77%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $76Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $662

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