Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	68.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 04:54
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$156 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 539 73% 546 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 128 106% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 0.1 60% 84.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 243 95 91 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 459 Write 60 Mixed 101 SusWrite 131 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 30.4 103% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 95.7 102% 179 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 36.5 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

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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 89%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $280Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	2,965x
Core i7-6700KIntel $221Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	194x
Core i5-7600KIntel $156Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	651x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	576x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $30Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $54Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	143x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	193x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	155x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	96x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,037

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $135	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16