Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 614 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 61.9 40% 47.8 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 40.3 33% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 765 (B1) Unknown 99 99 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11470342144	120% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 502 Mixed 516 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.6 178% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 171 166% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 447GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74495560 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9829310 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2889 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 76 46 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3095 (C2) HDA temperature 24 54 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 10 74495560 (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 -73452530689013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 346734151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3082058556	44.4% Average	Read 82.5 Write 72.7 Mixed 64.3 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.11 32% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 75%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 254GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 239 186 1016 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4382 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.3 Mixed 87.3 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.33 103% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 96%

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Desktop 78%

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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	55x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	8x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16