Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	277% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 796 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 201 Parallax 184 149% 189 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 933 900 893 834 810 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,394 Write 1,217 Mixed 841 SusWrite 892 295% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 70.3 243% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1017 DQ Mixed 1,039 812% 1,124 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 353%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 123GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 274 273 273 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 312 Mixed 410 SusWrite 288 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.3 204% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 236 212% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 858GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 97 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 90 Write 91.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 97.4 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 30.4 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 34.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,209x
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	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16