Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '24 at 19:04
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 192 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 571 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 220 Parallax 158 122% 176 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 192 Splatting 122 120% 150 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,332 Write 872 Mixed 416 192% 873 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 39.6 107% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 231 222% 367 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 219%
Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB 1,543 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 469GB free Firmware: X3540000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 265 263 255 252 257 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 476 Write 425 Mixed 334 SusWrite 274 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 29.6 102% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 193 156% 228 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 109GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1458 837 394 213 210 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 1638 Mixed 1351 SusWrite 549 285% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 47.1 152% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 214 218% 373 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 276%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 187 181 185 181 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 180 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 183 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 167 160 158 157 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 229 Mixed 110 SusWrite 159 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 366% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 904 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

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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	71	59	60	31.5"	1280 720	TCL0000 32S327

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	11x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	11x

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: $908

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16