Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 01:41
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 748 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 7.9 6% 7.5 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 312 314 315 313 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 452 Mixed 379 SusWrite 328 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 66 223% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 122%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 235 241 226 237 248 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 416 Write 246 Mixed 255 SusWrite 240 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.8 109% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 24.3 45% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 981GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 118 119 117 119 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 180 Write 137 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 118 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 192 192 190 188 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 157 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 190 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $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: $1,116

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