Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 578 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 254 Reflection 217 Parallax 213 207% 228 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 161 Splatting 141 135% 168 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 89 93 88 94 97 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 162 Write 111 Mixed 126 SusWrite 92.9 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 27.9 107% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 83.2 69% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%
PNY ELITE 240GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 85GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 21 22 21 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.5% Very poor	Read 22 Write 20.5 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 21.7 5% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 7.1 25% 7.53 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 9.6 8% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 144 144 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 143 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 88.5 Write 81.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 72.7 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 355GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 74 73 72 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 72.6 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 153GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 48 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 40.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 48.9 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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