Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 13:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 308 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 825 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 99.1 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 463 457 457 452 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,571 Mixed 639 SusWrite 500 265% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 58.8 228% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 928 DQ Mixed 778 645% 928 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 EVO 500G 431GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 402GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 438 447 455 416 248 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 547 Write 474 Mixed 376 SusWrite 407 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44 165% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 267 208% 280 MB/s
Poor: 90% Great: 101%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 16 16 15 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 8.2 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 15.7 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 1,324% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE16G4D32AEEA.K16FB 2x16GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 31.8 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 30.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 105%

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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	3,206x
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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16