Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '17 at 13:41
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 585 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 112% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9916 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2306 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 201 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33653772977
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 811GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5742786 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129900451 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4645 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065672 (BD) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 24 5742786 (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 -69556995328854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3837496511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3445100182	67.3% Good	Read 121 Write 114 Mixed 94.7 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.56 119% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 790GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2987 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.3% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 108 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 96%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 739GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 80.1 123% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 711GB free, PID 2341 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 85.9 Write 42.1 Mixed 34.8 60% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.35 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 485GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 80.3 Mixed 57.1 91% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0898 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 01BA 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0898 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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

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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 $273	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 $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 $45	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