Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '22 at 21:07
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 219 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 694 64% 535 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 154 Parallax 151 125% 153 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 119% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 339 362 336 330 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 278 Write 384 Mixed 213 SusWrite 333 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 26.2 109% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 106 114% 188 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 115%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 58 89 71 119 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 51 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 81.9 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 202% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 3200 C16 Series Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

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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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,227x
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	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	450x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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