Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '23 at 15:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 626 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 95.8 76% 97.6 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 93 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1052 Write 1,215 Mixed 1,161 256% 1,143 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.1 174% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 468 DQ Mixed 543 434% 617 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 253%
D2CSTK251A10-0240 240GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 159GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 126 132 130 131 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 120 Write 200 Mixed 166 SusWrite 127 35% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 34.9 127% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 152 125% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 67%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 81GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 47 48 47 48 47 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 45.7 Write 46 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 46.4 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 116%

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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%	0	68	56	60	31.5"	2560 1440	GSM7729 LG QHD

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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	3,197x
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	747x
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 $67Bench 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