Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.7% 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	272% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 14:04
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 872 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 849 53% 849 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 181 94% 129 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 127 Splatting 131 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 1555 1573 1580 1516 925 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,471 Write 1,578 Mixed 1102 SusWrite 1,442 315% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 83.8 301% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 271 336% 582 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 255%
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GB 4,456 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 238GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 968 974 660 300 297 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 849 Mixed 885 SusWrite 583 185% 822 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 64.2 256% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 680 542% 746 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 215%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 195 192 190 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 196 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 193 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESEK.M8FE 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%

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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