Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	157% 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	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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '23 at 21:34
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 552 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 97.8 76% 101 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 98.8 78% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 412 379 475 615 506 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,128 Write 980 Mixed 966 SusWrite 522 202% 899 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 54.5 176% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 536 410% 556 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 435%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 101GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 384 335 329 326 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,656 Write 1,457 Mixed 712 SusWrite 422 236% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 41.9 139% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 536 398% 533 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 116 115 98 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 97 SusWrite 110 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 527GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 106 106 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 160 Write 135 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 106 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 103%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 123GB free, PID 0577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 63.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 35.7 48% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 72% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,226x
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	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
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