Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 568 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 194 Parallax 201 143% 190 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 36 36 37 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 316GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 233 253 255 255 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 300 Write 277 Mixed 177 SusWrite 236 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 25.1 89% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 169 152% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 202 198 196 199 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 310 Mixed 337 SusWrite 198 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 61.5 199% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 580 372% 428 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 577GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 89 90 87 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 160 159 158 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 159 159 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 98.7 Write 132 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 156 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 237% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 90%
SABRENT 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 166 168 167 166 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 258 Write 258 Mixed 226 SusWrite 168 305% 228 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 25.5 2,240% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 28.6 2,577% 32 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 235%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 28 30 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 124 Write 31.7 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 30.5 76% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 2.4 124% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 111%

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 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 77%

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

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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 $290	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 $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