Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics132% 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 Drive168% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 20 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 140
2-Core 279
90% 167 Pts
4-Core 542
8-Core 554
73% 548 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 88%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Lighting 186
Reflection 197
Parallax 178
151% 187 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 184
Splatting 129
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 132%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
911GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 589 637 660 661 661 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 720
Write 619
Mixed 639
SusWrite 625
146% 651 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 64.3
216% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 829
DQ Write 693
DQ Mixed 836
606% 786 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 168%
Great: 251%
Intel Optane+5.4TBHDD
3.5TB free
Firmware: 16.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 137 137 168 144 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
45.8% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 14.2
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 15
SC Mixed 13.7
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 45.8%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,077
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HDDRAMUSB
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