Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	398% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 20:11
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 880 95% 755 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 261GB free Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	415% Outstanding	Read 2,462 Write 2,061 Mixed 2,328 509% 2,283 MB/s	4K Read 202 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 141 577% 171 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 118 156% 283 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 415% Great: 559%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 216GB free Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	460% Outstanding	Read 3,052 Write 2,794 Mixed 3,128 669% 2,991 MB/s	4K Read 195 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 114 527% 157 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 168 143% 210 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 460% Great: 559%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 216GB free Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	464% Outstanding	Read 3,056 Write 2,805 Mixed 3,087 667% 2,983 MB/s	4K Read 192 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 114 522% 155 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 110 140% 250 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 464% Great: 559%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	398% Outstanding	Read 2,357 Write 1,884 Mixed 2,150 475% 2,131 MB/s	4K Read 197 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 146 574% 170 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 115 140% 246 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 398% Great: 559%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 158 Mixed 143 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 141%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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