Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


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 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	223% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 21:19
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 306 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 804 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 213 Parallax 208 160% 206 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 187 Splatting 134 123% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1143 425 304 305 304 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1793 Write 1,344 Mixed 656 SusWrite 464 236% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 57.9 227% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 732 678% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 188GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 269 282 285 283 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 347 Write 311 Mixed 236 SusWrite 284 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 24.8 90% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 190 168% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 337 369 365 366 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 268 Mixed 66 SusWrite 359 194% 268 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.3 324% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 213%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 11GB free, PID dd4a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 9.6 9.5 8.8 10 8.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 11.3 Mixed 10 SusWrite 8.6 17% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.5 97% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2165 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

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

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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	3,198x
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	748x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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