Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 22:51
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 266 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 827 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 7%

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% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 750 739 728 714 709 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,408 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 775 260% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 84 280% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,196 DQ Write 1,093 DQ Mixed 1151 862% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 355%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 13GB free Firmware: FG001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 65.5 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 41%
Fujitsu MHV2120BH PL 120GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 11GB free Firmware: 0084002A SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 24 24 28 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 22.2 Write 26.3 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 26 17% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 22%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 121 122 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 99.3 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 122 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 436% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 46.9 MC Mixed 29.9 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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