Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.7% 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	230% 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, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '23 at 06:56
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 147 2-Core 281 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 738 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 84% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 635 623 586 571 530 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 2,116 Mixed 732 SusWrite 688 334% 1504 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 54 175% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 697 DQ Mixed 754 569% 764 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 622 622 621 622 619 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 889 Write 861 Mixed 609 SusWrite 646 169% 751 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 50.7 166% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 637 481% 646 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 313%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 125 121 111 102 141 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 462 Write 416 Mixed 370 SusWrite 146 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 42.3 143% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 202 181% 273 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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: 115 127 126 117 127 126 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 123 153% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 105% 1.3 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 36.4 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 51.3 SC Mixed 35.5 107% 37.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 138%

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Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,198 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,220x
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	753x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	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	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16