Asus Maximus IV Extreme

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.5% 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 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.
Memory20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Maximus IV Extreme  (all builds)
Memory15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130412
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '17 at 14:02
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 113
2-Core 220
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 570
59% 473 Pts
64-Core 566
35% 566 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 116
Parallax 115
89% 113 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 102
Splatting 93.1
79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
68% Good
Read 124
Write 113
Mixed 117
89% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.17
88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 68%
Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB
38GB free, PID 1078
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
14.6% Very poor
Read 29.9
Write 25.1
Mixed 25.9
34% 27 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.21
60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 14.6%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-026.A00LF 20GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
51.7% Above average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 15
50% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 16.3
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Maximus IV Extreme Builds (Compare 318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $594
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HDDRAMUSB
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