Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '21 at 05:30
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 221 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 626 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 197 Parallax 186 170% 197 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 148 Splatting 132 123% 154 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,362 Write 2,136 Mixed 1,456 441% 1,985 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 78.3 265% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 929 690% 918 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 107GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 438 439 437 439 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 439 Mixed 404 SusWrite 437 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 50.5 172% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 298 239% 335 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 657GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 174 178 177 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 177 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 269% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 99 105 106 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 48.8 Write 93.7 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 100 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 145% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 918GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 163 165 165 165 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 150 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 162 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Game Drive 8TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 6TB free, PID 2631 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 232 234 240 236 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 221 Write 230 Mixed 135 SusWrite 235 278% 205 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	27"	1280 720	DELA0D1 Dell S2716DG

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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 $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