Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	156% 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	97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '23 at 20:06
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 233 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 601 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5052) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 203 Parallax 196 188% 210 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 155 Splatting 123 134% 171 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 77 75 72 73 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 466 Mixed 387 SusWrite 110 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.5 179% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 147GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 420 410 334 334 338 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 362 Write 442 Mixed 346 SusWrite 368 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 36.7 134% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 333 252% 340 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 137 93 91 93 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 171 Write 149 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 114 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Portable 5TB 3,819 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 617GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 82 84 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 58.3 Write 72.9 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 82.5 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 164% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 67%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 256GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 141GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 50 Write 38 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 39.3 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 13.9 966% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 16.8 1,370% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 4x8GB 12,036 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 130%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,209x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16