Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 08:49
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 519 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.9 53% 63.8 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 53.3 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16773 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 756 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25249979266	77.3% Very good	Read 510 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 19.8 100% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 53.9 DQ Mixed 18.7 21% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 124%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6869 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 9730 (0A) Spinup retry count 132 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3388 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339151391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 80 80 8181 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 206 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 142 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2.34 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 175% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 104%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 53GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34% Below average	Read 33.1 Write 26.2 Mixed 29.2 37% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.61 4K Write 7.07 4K Mixed 4.62 426% 6.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 128%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5530 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Read 17 Write 3.32 Mixed 6.45 9% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 5.44 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 1.27 122% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000 C10 4x2GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%

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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	102x
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 $29Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

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