Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% 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	142% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 15:10
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$250 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 690 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% 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: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 121 96% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 95.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 260 260 262 262 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 852 Write 849 Mixed 810 SusWrite 287 157% 700 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 52.4 195% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 697 DQ Mixed 586 471% 660 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 141%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 67.5 Write 70.1 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 72.5 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 43%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 343GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 97.9 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 48GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 71.3 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 30.8 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 34.7 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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