Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	223% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '21 at 22:20
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 438 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 96.5 78% 95.4 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 75.8 72% 90.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1030 734 848 774 761 622 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,516 Write 2,392 Mixed 1,700 SusWrite 795 362% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 77 246% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 14.6 216% 553 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 298%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 214GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 126 160 102 111 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 401 Mixed 318 SusWrite 181 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 39.5 145% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 108 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 693GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 92 90 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 80.9 Write 74.4 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.9 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 492GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 112 111 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 105 SusWrite 111 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.3 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 104%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,199x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16