Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.5% 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	75.5% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 16:57
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 300 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 851 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.1 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 83 Splatting 95.9 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 283 272 273 261 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 295 Mixed 266 SusWrite 272 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 29.8 106% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 71.6 68% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 126%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 141 138 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 139 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 140 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65 3,754 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 216GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 108 SusWrite 102 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 77%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 2GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 4.1 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 1 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3.9 5% 3.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 113%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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