Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	179% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 04:21
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 733 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3892) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	179% Outstanding	Lighting 260 Reflection 241 Parallax 271 212% 257 fps	MRender 296 Gravity 211 Splatting 155 173% 220 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 441 432 441 470 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 457 Mixed 300 SusWrite 443 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.9 160% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 142 159% 272 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 101GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 451 446 460 479 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 448 Mixed 338 SusWrite 459 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.4 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 134GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,502 Write 2,307 Mixed 1,726 485% 2,178 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 89.6 289% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,563 DQ Write 1,344 DQ Mixed 1,424 1,076% 1,444 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 111GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 170 170 171 169 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 141 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 169 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 129%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
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 $76Bench 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: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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