Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 03:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 795 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1601 MHz, MLim: 1867 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.2 67% 81.4 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 64.2 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 266 283 225 203 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 452 Mixed 382 SusWrite 262 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.6 210% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 452 452 203 76 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 420 Mixed 374 SusWrite 284 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.3 219% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 31.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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) $35	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