Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	27.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '23 at 11:19
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 VH 9,708 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 (41^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 619 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 107 83% 106 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 108 Splatting 70.9 69% 85.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,353 Write 1588 Mixed 1330 319% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 55.8 181% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 772 571% 760 MB/s
Poor: 144% Great: 295%
PNY CS1031 2TB SSD 290 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 1TB free Firmware: CS103F00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1582 1600 807 35 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 880 Write 1,562 Mixed 1,134 SusWrite 683 242% 1065 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.9 179% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 799 593% 794 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 324%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 214GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 302 302 301 301 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 418 Mixed 332 SusWrite 313 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 46.1 149% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C18 4x8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 30 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%

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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	55	120	23.6"	1280 720	ACR0958 EI242QR P

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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	3,226x
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	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
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 $39Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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