Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-3350P-$60 21,413 User benchmarks, average bench 65% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 89 2-Core 173 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 338 44% 333 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.1 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4668 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 704 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 77 61 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3858806412	84.1% Excellent	Read 466 Write 341 Mixed 371 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 34.3 123% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 85.2 81% 128 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 134%
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 7197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1171 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 282 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15991078 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C2) HDA temperature 78 60 171799674902 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60 (E9) Unknown 100 100 62138 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25561 (F4) Unknown 100 100 244 (F5) Unknown 100 100 294 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11292800	59.5% Above average	Read 452 Write 357 Mixed 415 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 11.3 61% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 42 31% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 92%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1652 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15689 (C2) HDA temperature 129 101 21 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 175 Write 133 Mixed 128 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

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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