Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Maximus IV GENE-Z  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110816
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 15 '19 at 07:26
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 95.1
1-Core 101
2-Core 202
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 493
54% 428 Pts
64-Core 473
29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
93% 112 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 106
Splatting 106
86% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03090004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 92 47 48 49 48 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 473
Write 304
Mixed 309
SusWrite 76.5
64% 291 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 34.1
125% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 113
91% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 85%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750
931GB free
Firmware: CC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 116 118 118 118 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
66.8% Good
Read 115
Write 113
Mixed 60
SusWrite 118
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 66%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750
864GB free
Firmware: CC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 117 119 120 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 110
Write 119
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 119
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.4% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 17.8
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 15.3
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 56.9
70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Maximus IV GENE-Z Builds (Compare 435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $666
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