Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 04:20
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 268 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 772 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 126 Parallax 143 111% 135 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 132 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 45 46 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 423 Write 45.1 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 44.4 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 259GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 65 65 64 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 478 Write 61.5 Mixed 112 SusWrite 66.6 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 9.1 64% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 216GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 73 146 145 145 146 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 400 Write 37.4 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 115 33% 154 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.9 42% 9.47 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 105%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 224GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 373 432 463 431 465 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 336 Write 435 Mixed 311 SusWrite 417 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 33.5 118% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 224 178% 250 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 15 16 17 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 18 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 16.5 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 99 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 104 Write 92.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 99 119% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.7 309% 3.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.6 362% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 31.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 119%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16