Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '22 at 16:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 612 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 46.1 28% 39.5 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 26.2 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 343 345 348 349 344 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 456 Write 343 Mixed 251 SusWrite 343 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 15.2 100% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 80.5 87% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 598GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 155 157 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 155 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 99U5471-025.A00LF 8GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 52%

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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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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	33x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16