Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 08:20
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 655 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W5100 Graphics Adapter 441 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Dell(1028 230C) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 23.6 Parallax 24.4 14% 21.9 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 21.6 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sm951 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 889 877 879 877 881 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,465 Write 1,010 Mixed 720 SusWrite 887 228% 1,021 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 48.7 179% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 545 442% 646 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 236%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 914GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1545 1591 1583 1569 1567 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,690 Write 1,700 Mixed 1,461 SusWrite 1,592 363% 1,611 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 69.4 242% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,192 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 794 613% 854 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 347%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 423GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 201 203 203 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 340 Write 345 Mixed 309 SusWrite 201 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 49 162% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 204 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 202 203 203 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 340 Write 346 Mixed 310 SusWrite 201 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 44.5 154% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 206 154% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 198 199 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 150 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 196 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 183 193 188 188 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 59.5 Write 95.1 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 186 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 106%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 39 25 26 25 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 137 Write 42.7 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 33.3 77% 68 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.6 143% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 131%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 5R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
36%	26%	47	145	99	60	27"	1920 1080	ACI27F7 ASUS VK278

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Typical MAXIMUS IX EXTREME Builds (Compare 374 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16