Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	267% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 23:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$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 (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 732 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 192 Parallax 171 140% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 1256 1325 1400 1388 1361 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,144 Write 1,524 Mixed 849 SusWrite 1,321 325% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55 186% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 919 700% 948 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 353%
Marvell Raid VD 480GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 303GB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 506 511 513 511 516 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 682 Write 527 Mixed 250 SusWrite 511 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 34 116% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 157 170% 284 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 125 125 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 68 SusWrite 125 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 173 194 185 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 269 Write 198 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 188 126% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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