Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161208
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 04 '18 at 01:56
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 83.2
1-Core 134
2-Core 220
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 655
68% 548 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 136
Parallax 115
106% 127 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 125
Splatting 99.9
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41200RL
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 423
Write 409
Mixed 305
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 42.4
151% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 250
210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
77GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 97 99 113 116 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.9% Very good
Read 162
Write 130
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 103
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
58GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 91 91 91 90 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
56.8% Above average
Read 108
Write 108
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 89.8
72% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
GEIL CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.2% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 17.2
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 18.2
44% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,165 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: 69% - Good Total price: $1,081
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HDDRAMUSB
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