Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	95.9% 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	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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 23:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 265 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 707 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 202 Parallax 198 147% 193 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 300 184 267 270 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 457 Mixed 385 SusWrite 286 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 38.6 144% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 196 183% 283 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 67GB free Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 233 236 219 214 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 980 Write 728 Mixed 788 SusWrite 328 158% 706 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 55 201% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 417 354% 504 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 181%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 154 144 143 145 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 144 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 30% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 108%

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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%

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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 $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 $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: 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 $40	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