Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	193% 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	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '23 at 03:45
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 246 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 581 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.9 80% 103 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 99.6 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 625 575 568 548 566 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 2,064 Write 1,860 Mixed 597 SusWrite 663 288% 1,296 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 44.6 142% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 556 419% 563 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 620 619 615 609 612 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 787 Write 754 Mixed 527 SusWrite 634 152% 675 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 42.1 136% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 476 360% 481 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 313%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 109 160 121 112 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76% Very good	Read 412 Write 392 Mixed 304 SusWrite 143 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 36.4 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 200 176% 263 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 829GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 105 108 105 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 93.5 Write 97.6 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 106 108% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.6% 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.9 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 138%

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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 90%

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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 $50

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