Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	242% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 04:34
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 774 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 831 829 716 466 450 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,202 Mixed 1,143 SusWrite 711 249% 1,110 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 93.2 300% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 1,123 835% 1,110 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$193 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 478 474 471 466 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 454 Mixed 370 SusWrite 472 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 54.4 191% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 122%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 53GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 118 110 110 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 107 Mixed 29 SusWrite 115 68% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2155, 2155, 2155, 2155 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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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	3,225x
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	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
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 $39Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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