Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	293% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 days ago, 24 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '24 at 05:50
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 242 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 708 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 133 106% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 121 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 EVO 1TB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 857GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0B2QKXJ7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1119 1554 1773 1795 1730 512 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,297 Write 1,942 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 1,414 420% 1,874 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 76.3 248% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,037 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 876 640% 845 MB/s
Poor: 198% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 402%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 403 411 416 416 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 452 Mixed 400 SusWrite 394 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 51.3 170% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 442 446 444 445 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 452 Mixed 412 SusWrite 444 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 58.7 192% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x16GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 143%

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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	70	58	60	27"	1280 720	SPT0ABF T27

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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	3,209x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16