Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	361% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 18:07
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 736 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 154 Parallax 129 111% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 112 Splatting 112 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1931 1949 1867 1873 1882 1873 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 2,699 Write 2,136 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 1,896 451% 2,015 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 74.4 270% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,273 DQ Write 1,191 DQ Mixed 1,219 918% 1,228 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 764GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2425 2330 2386 2381 2337 2418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	410% Outstanding	Read 2,623 Write 2,281 Mixed 1,411 SusWrite 2,379 488% 2,174 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 87.8 312% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,513 DQ Write 1335 DQ Mixed 1,394 1,054% 1,414 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 410% Great: 425%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 99 98 98 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.8 Mixed 16 SusWrite 97.9 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 370GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 70.2 Write 72 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 74.4 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 67%
Asmedia ASM1053E 3TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 450GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 98 Write 100 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 101 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3400C16 4x8GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 128%

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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	3,209x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16