Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.2% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '21 at 00:06
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (71^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 490 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 03BE) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 26.4 26% 29.3 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 19.9 19% 23.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 396 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 42GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 34 33 33 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 6 Write 37.4 Mixed 5 SusWrite 32.9 15% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 85%
Asmt 2115 512GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 178GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 30 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 30.2 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 7.4 1,244% 7.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 101GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 126 134 129 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 110 Write 71.2 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 126 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	226x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	65x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	15x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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