Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 18:00
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 761 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 111% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 109 112 87 93 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 241 Write 143 Mixed 199 SusWrite 99.5 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36 147% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 64.8 66% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 270 226 181 171 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 466 Mixed 380 SusWrite 234 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.2 220% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 270 268 244 243 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 457 Mixed 377 SusWrite 276 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59 205% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 232 209% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 197 195 196 196 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 164 Mixed 30 SusWrite 193 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 388% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
Maxtor OneTouch III 120GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID 7250 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 0 10 0 0 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	8.91% Terrible	Read 36.2 Write 34.2 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 6.4 32% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 30.3 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 29.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,205x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,070

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16