Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.9% 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	114% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 09:57
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 735 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 89% 108 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 89.7 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 360 320 316 134 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 432 Mixed 376 SusWrite 269 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.5 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 17GB free Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 65 63 58 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 159 Write 79 Mixed 109 SusWrite 62.9 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 29.8 116% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 88.4 70% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 51%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 136 145 143 142 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 135 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 141 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 128 138 137 135 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 66 SusWrite 136 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 122 124 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 184 Write 140 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 124 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 107%

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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	3,199x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16