Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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 Drive	232% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 779 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.9 86% 105 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 1118 1145 1122 1115 1113 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,220 Write 1,061 Mixed 717 SusWrite 1,089 230% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.7 221% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 1019 DQ Mixed 1010 779% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 353%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 45GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 207 202 193 163 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 241 Mixed 274 SusWrite 196 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.8 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 251 196% 271 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 144 145 140 147 140 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 142 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 253% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 104%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 164 167 167 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 163 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 164 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 206% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 140%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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: $1,092

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