Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	234% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 16:03
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 269 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 670 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 123 Parallax 119 102% 123 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 491 565 570 538 505 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1962 Write 1,526 Mixed 707 SusWrite 557 263% 1188 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 66 241% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 1,004 DQ Mixed 937 738% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 123GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 126 128 124 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 152 Write 173 Mixed 139 SusWrite 127 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 31.7 118% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 128 105% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 62GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 421 451 399 228 203 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 476 Mixed 412 SusWrite 343 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 54 180% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 183 188 188 188 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 84 SusWrite 184 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 128%

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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 $241Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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