Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '22 at 22:31
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 144 2-Core 265 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 776 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 182 Parallax 136 107% 150 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 120 Splatting 109 110% 139 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP600 500GB 13,280 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 446 458 470 439 459 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 1,918 Mixed 1,563 SusWrite 465 307% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.5 186% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 652 505% 704 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 374%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 922 923 924 907 881 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,174 Write 930 Mixed 622 SusWrite 913 204% 910 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 47.1 166% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 402 362% 569 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 243%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 338GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 389 408 421 399 414 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 417 Mixed 310 SusWrite 387 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 35 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 198 162% 233 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 919 919 923 918 919 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,189 Write 898 Mixed 734 SusWrite 920 210% 935 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50.2 184% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 404 368% 582 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 243%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 100 98 105 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 77 Write 82 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 99 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 147 155 158 151 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 40.2 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 152 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 126 135 131 138 135 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 142 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 135 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 141 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 9.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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