Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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	302% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 792 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 91 85% 101 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 94.5 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 573 602 621 618 614 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 2,292 Mixed 1,500 SusWrite 652 385% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 95.7 317% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,564 DQ Write 1,375 DQ Mixed 1446 1,090% 1,462 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 466 394 417 420 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 454 Mixed 374 SusWrite 423 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 70.6 241% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 155 160 158 159 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 84 SusWrite 158 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 182 193 190 167 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 112 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 179 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.7 232% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

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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