Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.5% 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	91.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 01:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 167 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 673 52% 465 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3882) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 163 Parallax 80.6 76% 112 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 158 Splatting 96.3 106% 134 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 400 404 406 417 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 363 Mixed 306 SusWrite 392 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 31.4 110% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 266 222% 321 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 445GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 414 413 444 443 456 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 438 Mixed 386 SusWrite 420 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 39 129% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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: $1,107

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 $177	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