Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 18:37
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 178 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 444 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$270 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Zotac(19DA C630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 73.2 67% 84.4 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 65.2 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 79%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 239 241 252 252 251 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.3% Very good	Read 261 Write 245 Mixed 202 SusWrite 243 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 34.7 124% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 167 134% 188 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $129Bench 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: $580

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 $46

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