Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 03:47
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 718 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37CE) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 111 Parallax 115 101% 117 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.1 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,835 Write 814 Mixed 352 217% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 44.8 209% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 636 583% 898 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 206GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 622 618 610 603 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,196 Write 1,051 Mixed 654 SusWrite 628 197% 882 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 58.4 219% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 1,329 DQ Mixed 896 755% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 254%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 778GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Mixed 0.2 0% 0.2 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 127 133 137 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Read 48.8 Write 135 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 134 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.6 227% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 90%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 32GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.4 5.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 7.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 6.6 12% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.6 124% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $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: 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 $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