Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	176% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 09:54
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 262 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 704 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 50.7 128% 89.9 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 53.7 Splatting 70.5 55% 66.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 359 325 308 295 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,338 Write 1,099 Mixed 602 SusWrite 356 189% 849 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.9 191% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 822 DQ Mixed 818 648% 908 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 418 389 415 416 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 373 SusWrite 409 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 55.6 184% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 101 101 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 156 Write 132 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 99.8 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 4% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 15%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 697GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 98.7 Write 90.5 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 74.1 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 55 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 51.5 Mixed 47 SusWrite 55.8 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

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) $30	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