Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 11:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 104 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 505 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 168 Parallax 165 141% 168 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 152 Splatting 110 118% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 170 177 129 154 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 372 Write 119 Mixed 108 SusWrite 169 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 13 72% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 37.9 58% 115 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 68GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 640 631 612 576 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,254 Write 1,081 Mixed 587 SusWrite 612 197% 884 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.4 163% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 682 524% 713 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 254%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 121 122 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 116 Write 134 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 122 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 844GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 200 202 205 203 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 159 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 203 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-440.A00LF 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 58%

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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) $30	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