Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	72.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 99 2-Core 197 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 448 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.78 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.3 92% 108 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 38143385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 -53266184328009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38143385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38143385 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38143385 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32125 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11462 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11462 (F2) Unknown 0 0 57259	72.1% Very good	Read 513 Write 211 Mixed 255 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 20.2 98% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 59.4 86% 162 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 277GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 0 (03) Spinup time 253 168 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 290 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69857 (C2) HDA temperature 119 80 31 (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	44.9% Average	Read 102 Write 54.3 Mixed 74 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 67%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 184GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 178 5516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1290 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1276 (BE) vendor-specific 63 33 37 (C2) HDA temperature 113 83 37 (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	32.9% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 58.9 Mixed 56.9 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.45 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 72% 55.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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