Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 785 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 198 Parallax 176 150% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 67 35 38 51 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 323 Write 219 Mixed 156 SusWrite 49.5 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 15.8 52% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 0.2 45% 109 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 333GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 64.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 71.5 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 837GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 134 135 136 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 114 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 134 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%

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

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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 $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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,116

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 $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) $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