Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	236% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 762 70% 585 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 167 140% 175 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 162 Splatting 115 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 1005 989 980 781 589 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,861 Write 1,646 Mixed 697 SusWrite 925 286% 1,282 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 60.7 212% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 951 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 809 626% 858 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 302%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 521GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 84 83 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47% Average	Read 80.9 Write 89.9 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 82.9 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4TB free Firmware: APGNT517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 184 180 181 180 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 190 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 182 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 120%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 399GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 20 SusWrite 87 61% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 92%
WD Ext HDD 1021 3TB 2,189 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 33.7 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 36.8 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 26 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 105%

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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 $250Bench 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 $160Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,167

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 $46

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