Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 14:13
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 705 66% 550 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.6 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 69.9 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 355 Write 284 Mixed 215 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 38.4 127% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 156 146% 228 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 143GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 428 449 469 472 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 349 SusWrite 453 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 42.9 152% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 152 166% 279 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
Seagate ST3000DM008-2DM166 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 556GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 429 449 470 473 472 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 485 Write 466 Mixed 413 SusWrite 454 337% 454 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 58.6 10,212% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 3,257% 354 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 164 163 165 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 128 Mixed 77 SusWrite 162 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 110%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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