Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111019
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 597 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.6 83% 104 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 93.4 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38494 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 77 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 62 59 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45057582107	76.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 346 Mixed 354 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 19.5 92% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 59.5 75% 139 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102603191 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 422257346 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 572456994 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 17 102603191 (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 -29669634036247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4089490477 (F2) Unknown 100 253 822251637	61.2% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 87.5 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 122GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 194 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 37 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 35 (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	84.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 133 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.36 146% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 117%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 254GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 25.4 Mixed 20 31% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 87%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16