Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	239% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	31.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 02:43
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 666 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 165 Parallax 184 134% 171 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 155 Splatting 112 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 1417 1112 1463 1645 1498 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,435 Write 850 Mixed 882 SusWrite 1,325 303% 1,373 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 25.3 121% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,068 DQ Write 45 DQ Mixed 300 283% 471 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 393%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 28 65 47 39 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 92.7 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 46.5 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 104%
Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017)-$150 40 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 10.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 228 216 228 230 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 48GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 74%

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,229x
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	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	450x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16