Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	174% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 09:56
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 435 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 93% 113 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 320 321 320 319 317 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,412 Write 1,157 Mixed 777 SusWrite 340 205% 922 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 61.8 204% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 721 549% 741 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 125 131 128 123 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 265 Write 302 Mixed 280 SusWrite 125 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 32.9 99% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 203 146% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 123 130 127 120 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 133 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 122 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 784GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 122 127 126 120 126 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 175 Write 159 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 121 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 4 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 97%

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

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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	53x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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