Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 5 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 16:36
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$349 130,614 User benchmarks, average bench 75% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 532 58% 449 Pts	64-Core 558 37% 558 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 86% 106 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.7 82% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 156,620 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 355 392 396 390 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 431 Mixed 426 SusWrite 329 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 49.9 158% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 290 236% 334 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 9,736 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 32.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 19.3 25% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.5 164% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,064 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Builds (Compare 348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 76%, 141,955 samples	110x
Core i7-2600KIntel $349Bench 75%, 130,614 samples	88x
Core i7-2700KIntel $221Bench 75%, 18,033 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	32x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	28x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 16,223 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 18,160 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 28,046 samples	11x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16