Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 10:16
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 389 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 71.2 67% 78.7 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 75.1 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 13163197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 111600430229502 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 512 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 62 94493343782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13163197 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13163197 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13163197 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11814 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10903 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10903 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20372	66.3% Good	Read 492 Write 138 Mixed 199 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 16 114% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 39.5 52% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 671GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 162934280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 384743 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 676 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 111669149732 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 162934280 (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 59734405153025 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2664331791 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3768823951	56.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.9 Mixed 88.5 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team--Elite-1333 2x2GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

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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 $29Bench 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 $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