Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 13:40
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 582 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 128 Parallax 146 110% 136 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 142 70 64 97 67 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 475 Write 405 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 124 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 17.2 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 132 122% 194 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 93GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 254 253 249 241 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 458 Write 225 Mixed 253 SusWrite 240 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 14.1 112% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 22.9 66% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 128 128 127 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 329 Mixed 341 SusWrite 162 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50 194% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 169 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 165GB-$32 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 16GB free Firmware: V43OA80A SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 38 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 33 Write 34 Mixed 26 SusWrite 35.6 24% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 35%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 540GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 90.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 54.3 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 29.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,205x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16