Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	163% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 15:00
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 321 102% 190 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 606 84% 623 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.5 90% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 761 701 671 610 586 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 851 Write 1,003 Mixed 618 SusWrite 692 178% 791 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.7 171% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 613 501% 716 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 207%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 70 44 77 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 399 Write 108 Mixed 154 SusWrite 73.1 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.7 136% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 116 113% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 100%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 86GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 117 112 127 125 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 168 SusWrite 122 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.3 150% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 138 110% 154 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 89 91 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 101 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 90.7 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 134 139 139 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 137 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 143%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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