Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 23:44
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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-$235 712,312 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 (8^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 69 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 580 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 189 Parallax 198 120% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 270 263 242 259 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 387 Write 277 Mixed 260 SusWrite 261 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 31.2 114% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 186 175% 274 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 129%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 125 116 125 127 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 123 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 91%
Lio-org FILEIO 9TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4.5TB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 19 20 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.08% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 6.2 Mixed 7 SusWrite 19 7% 9.48 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% 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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,229x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	451x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16