Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.7% 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 Drive250% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161228
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 16 '18 at 01:41
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 286
95% 173 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 772
76% 622 Pts
64-Core 779
48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 119
Parallax 103
97% 114 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 105
Splatting 104
85% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 233 231 227 222 214 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
250% Outstanding
Read 1,908
Write 1,223
Mixed 864
SusWrite 282
236% 1,069 MB/s
4K Read 61.9
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 87.1
302% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,616
DQ Write 1,213
DQ Mixed 1,163
938% 1,331 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 250%
Great: 259%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
86GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 246 244 246 246 245 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 286
Mixed 322
SusWrite 263
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 58.9
206% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 208
198% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 114%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.3% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 22.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24
70% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,116
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HDDRAMUSB
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