Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.1% 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 Drive220% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 02 '20 at 06:15
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%
Watch Gameplay: 5600-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 210
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 406
52% 392 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.5.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 100
Parallax 196
98% 139 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 112
Splatting 140
98% 116 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 604 568 562 554 559 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1,836
Write 1,545
Mixed 1468
SusWrite 674
309% 1,381 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 59.4
200% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1067
DQ Write 863
DQ Mixed 989
734% 973 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 220%
Great: 347%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 181 192 183 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 186
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 188
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 109%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.6% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 25.1
78% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 21.4
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 89.4
45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,165 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,081
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HDDRAMUSB
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