Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 23:09
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 98.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 597 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2742 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 163 Parallax 139 127% 153 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 146 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13080333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 28887950052237 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1514 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1117 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 68 68723933216 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13080333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13080333 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13080333 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15215 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11495 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11495 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18424	71.4% Very good	Read 504 Write 194 Mixed 224 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 16 103% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 59.1 87% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 560GB free Firmware: CC9D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173196376 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4424699186 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1659 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47941 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 64424509472 (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 1799591313178 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -50523069476196 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -132818846883326	80.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 105 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 308GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 4608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3819 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 830 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3835 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 36 (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 7228 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 87.3 Mixed 92.5 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 56GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2756 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1367 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 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	53.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 85.1 Mixed 102 73% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 993996 4x4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 43.7 92% 43.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 124%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

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 $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) $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