Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.5% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 03:33
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 617 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 90% 109 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9085 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7217048444	62.2% Good	Read 268 Write 213 Mixed 219 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 20.5 110% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 60.7 65% 111 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 18GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2155 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1949 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 94179 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 885 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1415857 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94179 (F2) Unknown 100 100 134967	40.4% Average	Read 263 Write 92.8 Mixed 131 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 12.8 66% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 13.5 34% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 45%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2101 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1902 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 338290 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 32231841 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3222648437 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 338290 (F2) Unknown 100 100 456854	41.5% Average	Read 264 Write 92.3 Mixed 135 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 16 70% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 14.1 33% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 45%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 351GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 26 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 42 42 42726 (F1) Unknown 200 200 67201791177 (F2) Unknown 200 200 43325245861	59.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.5 Mixed 105 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 69%
WD WD3200BMVS-11F9S0 320GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A11 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 192 208 (03) Spinup time 151 151 3408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19769 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	24.8% Poor	Read 44 Write 42.2 Mixed 36.2 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 36%
ST500LM0 21-1KJ152 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 71GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 25.8 Mixed 23.4 33% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.17 30% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 1,821 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 75%

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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