Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	346% 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	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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 08:49
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 124 2-Core 272 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 721 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 14.1 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 10.1 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL7 512GB 4,571 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: CL2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2126 2079 2162 2226 2224 640 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 2254 Mixed 2,145 SusWrite 1,909 494% 2,198 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 84.2 270% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 1071 792% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 419%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 18GB free Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 448 Mixed 351 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 40 147% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 180 179% 285 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 94 96 95 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 130 Write 89.1 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 96.6 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.7 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 172%

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

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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