Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateDec 05 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 239
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 657
69% 552 Pts
64-Core 670
42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 187
Parallax 186
141% 182 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 173
Splatting 117
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 45 81 59 51 64 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
35.7% Below average
Read 373
Write 340
Mixed 291
SusWrite 74.9
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 5.6
4K Write 41.8
4K Mixed 0.1
31% 15.8 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 0.2
52% 121 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107
3.5TB free
Firmware: DN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 169 192 190 197 196 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB
3TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 157 179 178 182 180 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 134
Write 164
Mixed 108
SusWrite 170
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.8
404% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.2% Good
MC Read 25.1
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 18.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 20.7
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,163 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,107
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