Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111019
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '22 at 22:38
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 495 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 14.3 13% 16.4 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.2 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 94 92 94 92 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.8% Average	Read 170 Write 116 Mixed 125 SusWrite 91.8 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 24.1 94% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 112 88% 122 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 869GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 121 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 85 SusWrite 122 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 240 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	66x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	56x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $590

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