Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.7% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 00:16
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 277 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 811 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 87.5 79% 92.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 74.2 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 120GB 3,562 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1013E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 43 36 40 41 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 459 Write 411 Mixed 232 SusWrite 86.9 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 14.4 136% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 27.7 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 93%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 180 180 181 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 222 Mixed 274 SusWrite 173 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51 188% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 201 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $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