Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 124% UFO	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	91.2% 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	429% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

1 month ago, 16 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	41.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20240418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '24 at 09:23
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Memory 77.2 1-Core 236 2-Core 476 133% 263 Pts	4-Core 958 8-Core 1,858 167% 1,408 Pts	64-Core 4466 276% 4466 Pts
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 137%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 555.85 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 100 Reflection 160 Parallax 137 82% 133 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 120 Splatting 118 110% 137 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$158 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2482 2495 2415 1650 1438 1448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	429% Outstanding	Read 2,467 Write 2,225 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 1,988 475% 2,112 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 261 4K Mixed 114 390% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 2,205 DQ Write 1,775 DQ Mixed 1,968 1,479% 1,983 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 429% Great: 435%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$165 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 980GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 474 474 474 475 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 470 Mixed 427 SusWrite 477 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 48.2 183% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 344 259% 346 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB-$371 9,454 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2TB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 474 474 474 475 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 469 Mixed 451 SusWrite 477 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 57 203% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 346 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 137%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 50GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 28 23 28 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 175 Write 42.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 32.2 83% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.6 178% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-8400J4052G242x24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 2 of 4 slots used 48GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	136% Outstanding	MC Read 55.3 MC Write 50.9 MC Mixed 50.5 149% 52.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 27.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 295%

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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	69	57	165	31.5"	1280 720	AOC3202 32G2WG3

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO Builds (Compare 543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 459%

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Desktop 127%

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Workstation 609%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO

CPU
Core i9-14900KIntel $500Bench 131%, 12,283 samples	376x
Core i9-14900KFIntel $505Bench 131%, 4,811 samples	65x
Core i9-13900KIntel $451Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	30x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,500Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	276x
RTX 4080Nvidia $970Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	30x
RTX 4080-S (Super)Nvidia $950Bench 300%, 6,484 samples	28x

SSD
990 Pro M.2 2TBSamsung $144Bench 449%, 61,354 samples	133x
990 Pro M.2 4TBSamsung $299Bench 488%, 4,063 samples	68x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	29x

RAM
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x32GBG.SKILL $200Bench 188%, 6,571 samples	45x
Skill Intl F5-8000J4048F242x24GBGBench 214%, 389 samples	31x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 7200 C34 2x16GBG.SKILL $130Bench 201%, 3,920 samples	24x

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