Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '16 at 07:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 481 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 49.9 33% 39.7 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 35.9 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92	82.3% Excellent	Read 487 Write 200 Mixed 281 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 33.3 131% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 68.5 97% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 821GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 149 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 39 (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	58.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 90.8 Mixed 75.8 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 193GB free Firmware: PC4OC70E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 26689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1174073 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 227634118683 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.1% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 73.4 Mixed 61.3 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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