Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	197% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	364% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230906
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '24 at 02:01
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 74.2 74% 74.2 Pts
Poor: 125% Great: 137%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB 54,181 User benchmarks, average bench 192% EVGA(3842 4865) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 555.85 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	197% Outstanding	Lighting 285 Reflection 265 Parallax 293 232% 281 fps	MRender 348 Gravity 233 Splatting 179 199% 253 fps
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 211%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 280% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1148 910 906 884 875 865 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 2,761 Write 2,505 Mixed 1892 SusWrite 931 452% 2,022 MB/s	4K Read 74.6 4K Write 246 4K Mixed 114 390% 145 MB/s	DQ Read 1,880 DQ Write 1522 DQ Mixed 1,698 1,272% 1,700 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 365%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 67GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 487 487 487 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 474 Mixed 391 SusWrite 470 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.4 180% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 341 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 629GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 487 488 489 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 460 SusWrite 488 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60 205% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 340 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Samsung 990 Pro M.2 4TB-$319 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 488% 2TB free Firmware: 0B2QJXG7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4178 1797 1676 1750 1726 1917 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	406% Outstanding	Read 1,298 Write 1,914 Mixed 1,387 SusWrite 2174 385% 1,693 MB/s	4K Read 86.4 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 136 446% 163 MB/s	DQ Read 2,136 DQ Write 1570 DQ Mixed 1,815 1,367% 1,840 MB/s
Poor: 306% ↑ This bench: 406% Great: 619%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 7200 C34 2x16GB-$130 3,920 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	MC Read 63.8 MC Write 57.4 MC Mixed 57.3 170% 59.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 50.2 SC Mixed 26.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 255%

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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	65	50	60	84.6"	2560 1417	SAM7203 QBQ90S

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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	380x
Core i9-14900KFIntel $499Bench 131%, 4,811 samples	65x
Core i9-13900KIntel $460Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	31x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,500Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	281x
RTX 4080Nvidia $960Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	30x
RTX 4080-S (Super)Nvidia $964Bench 300%, 6,484 samples	29x

SSD
990 Pro M.2 2TBSamsung $165Bench 449%, 61,354 samples	137x
990 Pro M.2 4TBSamsung $319Bench 488%, 4,063 samples	69x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	30x

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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