Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '22 at 08:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 669 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 127 Parallax 109 92% 116 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 80 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB 11,733 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 404 424 422 425 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 399 Mixed 187 SusWrite 400 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.9 174% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 268 220% 317 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Philips USB Flash Drive 16GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Read 29.3 Write 4.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.4 11% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 8%
Philips USB Flash Drive 16GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 13.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 12.9 19% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 8%
Ativa 2GB 2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0020 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 4.4 6% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	56x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	12x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	15x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	8x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16