Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 223 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 486 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 88.2 78% 89.8 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 76.7 73% 91.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,653 Write 2,376 Mixed 1691 429% 1,907 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 80.7 262% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,591 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 1,180 902% 1,238 MB/s
Poor: 150% Great: 298%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 278GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 163 125 102 110 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 500 Write 409 Mixed 333 SusWrite 186 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 35.5 137% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 168 133% 193 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 679GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 92 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 90.4 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 544GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 116 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 116 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 27.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
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 $95Bench 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: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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