Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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	90.6% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 02:36
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 781 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 98% 127 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 273 270 196 120 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 471 Mixed 356 SusWrite 222 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 39.7 138% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 248 207% 300 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 72GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 171 152 158 169 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 112 Write 145 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 168 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 1.9 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 3.2 3% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 18%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 875GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 91 Write 97.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 106 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 87 89 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 88.8 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 143 166 166 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77% Very good	Read 116 Write 138 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 151 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 291% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 120%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,210x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16