Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 18:22
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 224 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 714 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 215 Parallax 131 106% 159 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB 13,576 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 783GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1250 825 829 830 833 828 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,006 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,067 SusWrite 899 236% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 62.1 216% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,363 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 1182 888% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 280%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 51 83 64 38 45 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 455 Write 102 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 64.1 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23.3 110% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 21 59% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 603GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1541 841 833 837 837 838 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,487 Write 1,537 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 954 289% 1,286 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 77.7 249% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,444 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 1,236 914% 1,215 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 276%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 344GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 472 475 486 485 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 482 Mixed 397 SusWrite 476 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 59.7 214% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 439GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 105 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 77.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 104 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 114%

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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	3,190x
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	447x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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