Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '23 at 06:48
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 590 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 97.1 Parallax 104 112% 113 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 100 Splatting 95.1 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 49 56 62 53 74 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 55.5 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 131GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 92 90 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 94.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 90.6 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 76%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 459GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 179 178 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 178 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 2TB 858 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 20 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 38.8 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 21 24% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST6000NM0024 6TB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4.5TB free Firmware: NS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 90 83 111 102 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 23.4 Write 45.9 Mixed 34 SusWrite 91.9 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 119%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 6TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 82GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 21 22 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 52.1 Write 31.3 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 21.4 26% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Patriot 3200 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Patriot 3200 C16 Series 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 23: 0P 3R 1G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
23%	16%	55	556	460	100	29.4"	2560 1080	VTK2900 GNV29CB

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,229x
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	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	450x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16