Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 16:10
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 456 47% 378 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 123 84% 114 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 110 Splatting 101 102% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 37 36 29 18 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 414 Write 81 Mixed 239 SusWrite 45.4 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 14.8 78% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 18 28% 51 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 74%
Adata S511 120GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 22GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 135 131 133 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 390 Write 146 Mixed 205 SusWrite 133 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 28.9 115% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 158 117% 155 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 81%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 42GB free Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 119 140 118 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 153 Write 158 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 125 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000NM0035-1V4107 4TB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free Firmware: TN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 150 174 162 167 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 157 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 115%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 49.2 Mixed 16 SusWrite 38.6 26% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 49%

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 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 63%

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

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16