Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	28.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '15 at 15:47
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 90.4 2-Core 224 69% 157 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 645 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 56% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E210) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.7% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 49.5 30% 37.7 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 34.2 27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243231864 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 421151225 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1425 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 68720525366 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 25 243231864 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -134685879408567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2961290036 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240977208	52.9% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 87.9 Mixed 86.3 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 68%
Generic USB3.0 Device 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 68GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.7% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 55.7 Mixed 50.9 68% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 23%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	103x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353

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PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)