Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.3% 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	210% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 260 97% 171 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 836 89% 710 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 402 308 307 307 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,552 Write 1,387 Mixed 493 SusWrite 472 217% 976 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 56.7 222% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,129 DQ Write 1,199 DQ Mixed 796 700% 1,041 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 44GB free Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 60 62 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 166 Write 65.2 Mixed 104 SusWrite 62.1 22% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 26 117% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 81 67% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 110 111 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 109 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 109%
Lexar Echo 16GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID a01a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 11.2 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 11.2 17% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 9%
HP External HDD 319GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 122GB free, PID 4507 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 35.2 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 38.6 46% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $76Bench 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