Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '16 at 22:08
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^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)	79.2% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 462 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2680) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 46.8 32% 41.1 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 34.8 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11277240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 28922309776669 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2236 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 592 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 21 79 42954850325 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11277240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11277240 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11277240 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7695 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9547 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9547 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6230	55.6% Above average	Read 459 Write 140 Mixed 201 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 11.5 92% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 9.72 20% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 87%
Seagate ST9750423AS 750GB-$74 3,332 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 604GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9155440 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53359189 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1461 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 58 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 403832855 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 545 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20095 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 99 9155440 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68062346737395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3262543106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3882154435 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 71.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 70.5 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.16 48% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 500GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: PC4ACB0F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 148 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 207 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 8446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7421 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4990751997952 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 8272118612048 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 478157 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 201864183832 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 111 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 28 28 4294985970	60.7% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 93.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.46 101% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 22.7 Mixed 21.4 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 13GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 25.8 Write 17.2 Mixed 11.5 21% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.92 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.49 57% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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