Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 23:00
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 154 2-Core 288 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 786 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 97.2 77% 99.1 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 96.1 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 94 86 74 76 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 153 Mixed 107 SusWrite 78.4 24% 104 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 35.5 114% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 117 97% 139 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 85%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 93GB free Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 191 200 203 203 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 414 Write 361 Mixed 318 SusWrite 208 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 32 148% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 176 163% 249 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 95%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 68GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 200 179 179 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 464 Mixed 376 SusWrite 214 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.5 158% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 203 189% 291 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 289GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1817 1651 1657 1613 1420 1390 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 2,311 Mixed 1,835 SusWrite 1,591 462% 2,058 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 93 309% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,612 DQ Write 1,392 DQ Mixed 1,485 1,118% 1,496 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 983GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 128 131 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 130 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 84%
USB DISK 3.0 248GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 214GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.5 8.2 6.6 9.3 8.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 81.2 Write 2 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 7.6 22% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%

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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	3,189x
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