Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 221 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 443 52% 403 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 166 Parallax 152 123% 157 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 147 Splatting 104 96% 118 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 266 275 284 298 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 345 Write 312 Mixed 184 SusWrite 280 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 24.8 94% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 140 137% 221 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 229GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 202 202 198 197 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 338 Write 344 Mixed 278 SusWrite 206 66% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 31.5 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 236 195% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 201 206 203 206 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 127 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 202 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 697GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 155 155 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 153 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 404GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 127 126 127 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 112 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 125 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 76%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 371GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 151 149 152 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 142 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 150 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.5 297% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 117%
General UDisk 8GB 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.8 4 4.1 3.7 3.7 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.8 6% 5.43 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 9%

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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 13.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 102%

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Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	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 $92Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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