Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Maximus IV GENE-Z  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120427
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 16 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3350P-$60
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 209
80% 137 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 414
55% 413 Pts
64-Core 416
26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 1782 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
64.1% Good
Lighting 82.4
Reflection 81.3
Parallax 79.8
67% 81.2 fps
MRender 78.5
Gravity 74.7
Splatting 63.3
58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 64.1%
Great: 54%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB
348GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
41% Average
Read 78.7
Write 64.1
Mixed 70.5
54% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 1.82
4K Mixed 0.23
71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 41%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.9% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 25.6
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 19.9
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 52
77% 52 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Maximus IV GENE-Z Builds (Compare 435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $666
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