Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	246% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '23 at 17:07
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 720 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 85% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 90 80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 656 655 611 563 593 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,573 Write 2220 Mixed 837 SusWrite 715 352% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.4 188% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 922 692% 927 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 619 619 615 616 615 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 859 Mixed 630 SusWrite 647 173% 770 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 55.6 182% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 699 531% 715 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 313%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 123 112 126 96 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 433 Mixed 382 SusWrite 142 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 45.5 158% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 193 175% 267 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 832GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 109 109 106 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 105 Write 88.4 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 108 107% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3484 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 35.5 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 49.6 SC Mixed 34 103% 36.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 138%

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Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,222 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,236x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	758x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	658x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	187x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,088

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16