Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 388 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.58% Terrible	Lighting 2.63 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 1.84 2% 1.8 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 5.3 3% 3.98 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.58% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 210GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94583769800150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 881 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 304 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 313784 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 313784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 219028 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7453	84.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 259 Mixed 319 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 19.3 130% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 83.3 108% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 8117489088829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 387 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 116 116 126524210 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 387 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 187898 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 40 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187898 (F2) Unknown 100 100 126116 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5033	76% Very good	Read 503 Write 146 Mixed 228 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 21.2 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 49.7 76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 876GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8875 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5300 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7831 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1278 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 163209478165 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 26 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5400	82.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 150 Mixed 144 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.67 157% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 12.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 64%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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