Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26% 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	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110816
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '20 at 22:27
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 177 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 448 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 39.5 25% 34.4 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 28.2 28% 35 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 263 283 286 291 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 387 Write 304 Mixed 252 SusWrite 280 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 24.6 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 82.6 69% 104 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 121%
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 557GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 30 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	11.9% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 28 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 29.2 7% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 7.7 26% 8.07 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 15.5 12% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 170GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 76 89 95 90 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 63.3 Write 85 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 88.3 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1230 5TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 105GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 130 143 141 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 139 165% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 77%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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