Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110627
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 07:04
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 458 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 133 107% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis SP120G 51GB 32GB free Firmware: R131 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.5% Very good	Read 508 Write 332 Mixed 396 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 16.7 110% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 42.6 57% 104 MB/s

Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864773669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3233080556 (F7) Unknown 100 100 102259604 (F8) Unknown 100 100 845215698787	87.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 295 Mixed 387 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 32.6 133% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 40.2 74% 145 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%
WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4S 2TB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 264GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 174 3300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1197 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 436 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 762 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	68.5% Good	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 2x8GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $80Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

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 $184	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) $35	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