Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	184% 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 16:50
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 544 61% 477 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.8 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 97.9 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1095 644 620 577 562 578 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,884 Write 1667 Mixed 694 SusWrite 679 274% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 38.6 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 526 403% 549 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 708 621 618 618 613 614 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 761 Write 754 Mixed 532 SusWrite 632 151% 670 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 38 126% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 463 343% 456 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 313%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 108 139 116 111 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 427 Write 359 Mixed 348 SusWrite 133 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 34.8 118% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 138 130% 207 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 107 112 108 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 110 112% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%
ST1000LM 048-2E7172 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 552GB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 94 92 80 73 78 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.5% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 96.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 81.6 117% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 37%

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 (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 32.9 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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	3,236x
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