Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


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 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	162% 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.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '21 at 05:56
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-7700K-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 823 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3713) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 206 Parallax 223 176% 215 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 230 Splatting 178 180% 226 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 6,980 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQE1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 152 133 136 48 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 335 Write 241 Mixed 241 SusWrite 131 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 28.6 124% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 171 135% 182 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 263GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 484 396 362 485 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 488 Mixed 376 SusWrite 450 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.4 223% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,230x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	451x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,105

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16