Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 08:56
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 191 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 446 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 76 74% 84.4 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 69.5 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,606 Write 3,911 Mixed 3,860 919% 4,126 MB/s	4K Read 232 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 151 614% 171 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 452 339% 458 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 440 339 252 217 214 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 469 Mixed 393 SusWrite 318 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 43.5 147% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 320 248% 341 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 85 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 83.7 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 200GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 205 182 183 195 205 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 195 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.3 249% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	29.8"	1280 720	SAM049B DIGITAL

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Gaming 73%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	155x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	38x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 2,445 samples	8x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $799

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