Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive269% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 20 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 137
2-Core 256
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 622
67% 532 Pts
64-Core 718
44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 157
Parallax 133
114% 144 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 138
Splatting 118
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 578 576 576 577 575 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
269% Outstanding
Read 2,330
Write 2,123
Mixed 1,336
SusWrite 603
356% 1,598 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 83.5
285% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,344
DQ Write 925
DQ Mixed 1,060
812% 1,110 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 269%
Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
903GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 174 174 175 175 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 150
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 174
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 110%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 1TB
657GB free, PID 50a5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Read 35
Write 35.2
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 35.3
41% 30.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.7% Good
MC Read 24.1
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 19.5
65% 22.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 18.3
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,161 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,108
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