Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	186% 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, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '23 at 21:44
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 216 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 567 63% 497 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.3 80% 102 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 99.3 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 989 490 541 636 611 602 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,915 Write 1,789 Mixed 658 SusWrite 645 278% 1252 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 41.8 148% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 536 404% 543 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 621 622 617 611 616 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 716 Mixed 552 SusWrite 634 148% 657 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 40.4 123% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 456 331% 428 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 313%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 116 148 102 133 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 412 Write 383 Mixed 341 SusWrite 134 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 31.6 115% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 190 170% 258 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%
HGST HUS 724020ALE640 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 126 126 124 127 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 126 151% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 28 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 138%

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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	3,230x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	451x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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