Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	3.06% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 09:37
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 76.3 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 264 77% 146 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 734 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.56% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 6.5 5% 7.17 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 13 13 11 13 10 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.06% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 9.4 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 11.3 2% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.6 6% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 91%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.57% Terrible	Read 3.5 Write 1.2 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 1.3 2% 1.92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 20% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 1.57% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 22.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS IX EXTREME Builds (Compare 373 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $920

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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