Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 782 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 111 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 84.9 91% 98.4 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 24.4 Splatting 85.7 44% 49.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 236 242 242 240 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 445 Write 247 Mixed 156 SusWrite 238 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 25.6 128% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 56.9 106% 215 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 202 201 200 201 200 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 87.2 Write 140 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 199 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 397% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 607GB free Firmware: CC1F SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 0.7 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 677GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 102 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 102%

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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