Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 120% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 130%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	782% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	55.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '24 at 15:10
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-14900K-$499 8,839 User benchmarks, average bench 131% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 247 2-Core 488 138% 272 Pts	4-Core 956 8-Core 1,892 168% 1,424 Pts	64-Core 4,162 258% 4,162 Pts
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 137%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 8,462 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8882) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4889 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 11.3 8% 12.5 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 13.4 11% 14 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Seagate ZP2000GM30004 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 593% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SUESR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 6835 7097 6889 2724 2357 2424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	782% Outstanding	Read 6,158 Write 7,856 Mixed 3134 SusWrite 4,721 1,230% 5,467 MB/s	4K Read 87.3 4K Write 393 4K Mixed 142 522% 207 MB/s	DQ Read 2,176 DQ Write 1751 DQ Mixed 1,892 1,436% 1,940 MB/s
Poor: 394% ↑ This bench: 782% Great: 785%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 11TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 8.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 132 135 148 135 131 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 138 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 55TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 51TB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 200 Write 165 Mixed 71.8 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 968GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 902GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 185 Write 169 Mixed 67.4 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G322x31.5GB 6,603 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	162% Outstanding	MC Read 64.2 MC Write 63.7 MC Mixed 61.2 180% 63 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 48.2 SC Mixed 30.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 218%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	22	1	60	27"	1280 720	HPN354B HP 27f

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Gaming 460%

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Desktop 127%

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Workstation 611%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO

CPU
Core i9-14900KIntel $499Bench 131%, 8,839 samples	328x
Core i9-14900KFIntel $505Bench 131%, 4,811 samples	56x
Core i9-13900KIntel $450Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	28x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	240x
RTX 4080Nvidia $990Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	27x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $750Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	25x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 460%, 45,230 samples	115x
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 4TBSamsung $300Bench 494%, 2,201 samples	58x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	28x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G322x31.5GBGBench 190%, 6,603 samples	41x
Skill Intl F5-8000J4048F242x24GBGBench 214%, 389 samples	31x
Skill Intl F5-7200J3445G162x16GBGBench 201%, 3,562 samples	22x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $2,469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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