Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	305% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 676 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 179 Parallax 165 139% 171 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 170 Splatting 120 111% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1395 1172 1176 1163 1173 1165 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,513 Write 2,241 Mixed 1,648 SusWrite 1,207 426% 1,902 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 82 279% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 915 DQ Mixed 974 734% 985 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 372%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 328GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 144 151 141 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 395 Write 239 Mixed 361 SusWrite 134 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 27.1 81% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 146 88% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 172GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 302 292 292 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 474 Mixed 325 SusWrite 302 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.9 178% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 244 205% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 757GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 181 185 185 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 185 Mixed 85 SusWrite 184 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 183 182 181 181 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 194 Mixed 106 SusWrite 184 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.1 304% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 26.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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 $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 $45Bench 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 $45	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