Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.8% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 18:08
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 491 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 74.8 61% 77.2 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 78 Splatting 73.4 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 128GB SSD 128GB 1,066 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0114A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 64 44 50 52 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 499 Write 58.6 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 49 33% 157 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 1.9 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 27.5 47% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 36GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 55 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 84.9 Write 81.7 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 55.8 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 55%

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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	358	300	60	34.8"	1360 768	HKC0000 HKC TV

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $28Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16