Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% 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	263% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	44.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 06:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 778 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 103% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1661 918 604 602 599 599 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,768 Mixed 941 SusWrite 830 311% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 65.5 264% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 1,167 DQ Mixed 855 721% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 271%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 890GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 458 465 469 434 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 466 Mixed 425 SusWrite 449 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.5 191% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 307 246% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 473 471 472 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 446 Mixed 427 SusWrite 472 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.9 198% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 298 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR 48GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 99%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,210x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16