Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	322% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 600 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 8C9D) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Aero ITX 8G CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 127 Parallax 130 109% 130 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 868 871 867 848 851 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,674 Write 2,418 Mixed 1,884 SusWrite 828 436% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 99 333% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,485 DQ Write 1,275 DQ Mixed 1,362 1,026% 1,374 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,924 Write 6,875 Mixed 6,498 1,512% 6,766 MB/s	4K Read 632 4K Write 335 4K Mixed 402 1,650% 456 MB/s	DQ Read 1,803 DQ Write 1,595 DQ Mixed 1,644 1,248% 1,681 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 233GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1063 1078 1078 705 261 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,526 Write 1,127 Mixed 992 SusWrite 741 245% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 69.9 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 94.5 332% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 1,047 DQ Mixed 313 408% 724 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.7 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,231x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	657x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	451x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	171x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,105

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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