Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '20 at 00:42
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 807 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	7.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 0.09 6% 6.69 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.9 90% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 149GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 212 207 213 212 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 394 Mixed 389 SusWrite 220 106% 484 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 59.1 209% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 394 349% 526 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 144%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 199 193 197 197 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 290 Mixed 296 SusWrite 197 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 48.1 187% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 232 193% 283 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 233GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 486 485 489 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 492 Mixed 467 SusWrite 488 111% 490 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 574GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 199 198 198 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 191 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 199 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$169 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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