Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3  (all builds)
Memory4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121109
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateJul 06 '18 at 13:43
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 108
2-Core 217
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 542
60% 475 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7790
Sapphire(174B E254) 2GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.2
Relative performance (0th percentile)
7.91% Terrible
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 29.2
Parallax 31.1
0% 20.1 fps
MRender 27.5
Gravity 23
Splatting 32.4
23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 7.91%
Great: 21%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 57 71 108 112 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 133
Write 134
Mixed 75
SusWrite 87.9
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.2
88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-062.A00LF 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
33.2% Below average
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 10.1
MC Mixed 9.3
30% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 11.4
SC Mixed 9.8
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 33.2%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $580
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