Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	192% 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	25.7 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	Apr 15 '23 at 20:50
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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-$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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 502 58% 450 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.4 78% 101 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 98.8 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1072 645 630 623 611 575 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 2,064 Write 1,633 Mixed 697 SusWrite 692 282% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 39.1 135% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 560 424% 573 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 613 608 613 613 609 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 770 Write 748 Mixed 564 SusWrite 598 151% 670 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 42.7 133% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 448 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 390 301% 411 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: 255 140 124 114 118 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 445 Write 376 Mixed 354 SusWrite 146 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 33.1 118% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 166 159% 251 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%
ST1000LM 048-2E7172 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 547GB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 96 75 84 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.7% Below average	Read 75.4 Write 91.7 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 69.6 111% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.7% 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 (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 33.7 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $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