Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	142% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 20:24
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 751 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2899 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 197 Parallax 193 152% 192 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 184 Splatting 131 120% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 255 259 259 251 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 844 Write 842 Mixed 802 SusWrite 303 157% 698 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53 192% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 585 470% 660 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 141%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 240GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 460 466 470 465 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 475 Mixed 429 SusWrite 456 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 307 246% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 125%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 746GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 75 75 75 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 79.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 73.7 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 53%
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50 8,525 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 121GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 83 83 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 83.5 Write 83.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 81.4 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 52%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 444GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 148 146 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 69 SusWrite 147 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%

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

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	652x
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 $92Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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