Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	55.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 14:06
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 252 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 715 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 190 Parallax 114 105% 144 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 116% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 595 609 622 617 619 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,870 Write 1,984 Mixed 1,324 SusWrite 658 327% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 79.2 266% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,312 DQ Write 951 DQ Mixed 1,103 832% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 340%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 121GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 101 99 139 101 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,283 Write 1,140 Mixed 880 SusWrite 200 195% 876 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 71 247% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 270 342% 598 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 255%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 19GB free Firmware: UF4500RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 328 Mixed 216 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 17.3 72% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 70.1 DQ Mixed 1.8 26% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 368GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 170 172 169 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 137 Write 125 Mixed 122 SusWrite 170 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 443% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%
Mb4000gc WDC 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 373GB free Firmware: HPGH SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 114 115 118 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 126 Mixed 103 SusWrite 116 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 357GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 176 173 176 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 78.4 Write 79.2 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 176 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.5 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 90%
Mb4000gc WDC 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 376GB free Firmware: HPGI SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 174 180 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 180 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 87 85 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 78.1 Write 65.8 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 84.3 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 84 83 81 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 86.3 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 81.1 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 237% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 94%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 4TB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 84 82 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 120 Write 130 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 82.9 64% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 100%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 4TB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 84 83 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 97.1 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 82.6 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 100%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 729GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 172 Write 128 Mixed 106 SusWrite 80.2 155% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 86%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 187 194 181 192 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 199 Write 210 Mixed 143 SusWrite 189 251% 185 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 253% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 5,791 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 134%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	33	199	27	60	72.3"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,196x
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	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16