Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	62.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 21:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 418 51% 393 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6798) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 176 143% 181 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 176 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 960GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 229 238 175 236 221 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.9% Good	Read 254 Write 244 Mixed 228 SusWrite 211 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 31.8 110% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 71.2 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 42.5 57% 100 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 108%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 350 355 356 350 353 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 411 Write 387 Mixed 339 SusWrite 349 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 31.5 111% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 175 165% 253 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 260GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 180 183 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 180 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.6 328% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 113%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 81 83 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 76.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 79.9 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 78%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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