Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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 Drive	228% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 263 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 750 71% 591 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 138 Parallax 126 99% 128 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$116 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 144 144 144 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 351 Mixed 343 SusWrite 170 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.2 202% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 178 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 331 358 363 360 364 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 477 Write 351 Mixed 251 SusWrite 352 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 15.7 128% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 87.1 109% 188 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 275 270 269 268 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,307 Mixed 525 SusWrite 323 232% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 61.3 251% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 1,158 DQ Mixed 710 649% 987 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 694GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 405 455 462 425 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 452 Mixed 426 SusWrite 430 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.4 201% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 303 244% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 107%

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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	3,190x
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	447x

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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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