Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 21:51
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 848 92% 731 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.75 7% 9.59 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.6 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 360 327 328 320 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 466 Mixed 336 SusWrite 356 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 65.9 232% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 345 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 123%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$87 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 954GB free Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1753 1753 1738 1674 1698 1686 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	380% Outstanding	Read 2,422 Write 1,678 Mixed 1334 SusWrite 1,717 400% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 70.9 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 106 374% 141 MB/s	DQ Read 1,432 DQ Write 1,399 DQ Mixed 493 624% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 380% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 58GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,954 Write 1,768 Mixed 1,075 355% 1,599 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 69.7 280% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 377 315% 469 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 124 123 125 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 176 Write 217 Mixed 100 SusWrite 125 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 371% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 107%
silicon-power 64GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 54GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 21 21 20 20 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 129 Write 56.9 Mixed 14.6 SusWrite 19.8 58% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2 97% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 30 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 34.2 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 43 93% 43 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%

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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	3,222x
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	754x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	655x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
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	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16