Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.78% 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 Drive	69.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (85^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 468 50% 397 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 982 MHz, MLim: 1106 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 8.41 6% 8.63 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 10.3 8% 8.93 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 72 71 73 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 428 Write 78.6 Mixed 126 SusWrite 72.2 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 38.4 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 89.4 67% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 70%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 69 71 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 74.6 Write 72.1 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 70.8 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 298GB free Firmware: PB3OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 68 69 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 69.3 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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