Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	251% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 22:04
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 742 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 150 Parallax 153 125% 152 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 107% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

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% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 941 841 825 828 827 789 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,378 Write 1,222 Mixed 1162 SusWrite 842 258% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 83.5 277% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,406 DQ Write 1,230 DQ Mixed 1,314 986% 1,317 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 919GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2231 2176 1167 1177 1178 1178 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,371 Write 2,245 Mixed 1,678 SusWrite 1,518 438% 1953 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 80 264% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,537 DQ Write 1,375 DQ Mixed 1,443 1,086% 1,452 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 372%
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65 3,754 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 133 Write 104 Mixed 113 SusWrite 73.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 77%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 641GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 117 116 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 135 Mixed 90 SusWrite 117 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD32GX4M2C3200C16 CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 CMD32GX4M2C3200C16 CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 64GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3265, 3265, 3265, 3265 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 28.2 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $178	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