Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.5% 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	226% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	23.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 265 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 750 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 100% 125 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 145 144 144 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 332 Mixed 346 SusWrite 170 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.6 204% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 176 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 93GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 332 356 361 353 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 497 Write 358 Mixed 256 SusWrite 350 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 15.9 128% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 90 116% 204 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 265 260 258 255 256 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2121 Write 1,244 Mixed 563 SusWrite 313 233% 1,060 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 55.1 246% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 675 620% 946 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 686GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 387 456 465 454 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 453 Mixed 432 SusWrite 435 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 60 201% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 305 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 107%

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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