Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 125% UFO	Workstation 182% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 129%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	530% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO (all builds)
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '23 at 08:09
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$500 12,283 User benchmarks, average bench 131% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Memory 77.2 1-Core 246 2-Core 481 136% 268 Pts	4-Core 958 8-Core 1,914 169% 1,436 Pts	64-Core 4,540 281% 4,540 Pts
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 137%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 104% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 117 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 14,020 User benchmarks, average bench 468% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3908 3965 3961 3951 3960 3947 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	530% Outstanding	Read 3,294 Write 4016 Mixed 2878 SusWrite 3,949 799% 3,534 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 88.1 330% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 2,080 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 913 758% 1,140 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 530% Great: 633%
WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB-$280 8,772 User benchmarks, average bench 522% 927GB free Firmware: 624331WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 4876 4996 2369 2608 1457 1966 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	587% Outstanding	Read 4,803 Write 5,058 Mixed 3,642 SusWrite 3,045 930% 4,137 MB/s	4K Read 87.9 4K Write 295 4K Mixed 114 436% 166 MB/s	DQ Read 2,635 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 1,234 1,031% 1,545 MB/s
Poor: 288% ↑ This bench: 587% Great: 683%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 14,020 User benchmarks, average bench 468% 1.5TB free Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 4014 4007 3989 3977 3908 3946 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	548% Outstanding	Read 3,632 Write 4,011 Mixed 2,874 SusWrite 3,973 818% 3,622 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 88.6 337% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 2137 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 957 786% 1,175 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 548% Great: 633%
Samsung 870 QVO 8TB-$570 3,612 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 470 487 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 261 Mixed 442 SusWrite 484 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.6 197% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 324 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH64GX5M2B6000Z40 2x31.5GB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	142% Outstanding	MC Read 55.4 MC Write 55.3 MC Mixed 52.9 156% 54.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 49.8 SC Mixed 29.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 304%

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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	21.5"	1280 720	IVM5617 PL2271HD

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Gaming 453%

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Desktop 125%

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Workstation 596%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO

CPU
Core i9-13900KIntel $451Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	1,897x
Core i9-14900KIntel $500Bench 131%, 12,283 samples	323x
Core i9-13900KSIntel $570Bench 131%, 4,204 samples	295x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,500Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,609x
RTX 4080Nvidia $970Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	275x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,135Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	177x

SSD
990 Pro M.2 2TBSamsung $139Bench 449%, 61,354 samples	549x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $171Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	447x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $112Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	198x

RAM
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x32GBG.SKILL $200Bench 188%, 6,571 samples	202x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	145x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 7200 C34 2x16GBG.SKILL $120Bench 201%, 3,920 samples	124x

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Total price: $2,290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350