Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	269% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 02:08
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 284 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 850 82% 674 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 192 Parallax 172 143% 180 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 324 325 325 322 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2430 Write 1465 Mixed 1294 SusWrite 377 308% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 89.7 314% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1369 DQ Mixed 1,010 809% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 280%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 173GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 92 91 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 376 Mixed 364 SusWrite 132 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 40.1 163% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 214 192% 289 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 146GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 149 171 177 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 498 Mixed 413 SusWrite 212 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.5 169% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 204 189% 290 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 135GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 134 135 137 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 136 70% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.9 350% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 97 97 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 178 Write 146 Mixed 80 SusWrite 96.2 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

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

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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	3,202x
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 $90Bench 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 $96Bench 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	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,070

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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