Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 17:02
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 754 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	139% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 180 Parallax 218 148% 193 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 188 Splatting 144 150% 189 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB-$120 346 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 123 130 131 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 406 Write 148 Mixed 200 SusWrite 127 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.9 157% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 156 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 151GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 240 161 172 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 223 Mixed 385 SusWrite 196 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 207 190% 291 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 265GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 1460 1795 1825 1871 1859 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,342 Write 1,409 Mixed 1,488 SusWrite 1,615 383% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 74.8 251% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,505 DQ Write 1,223 DQ Mixed 1,327 1,004% 1,352 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 425%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 567GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 148 148 148 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 147 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67% 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 $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