Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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	133% 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	210% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 758 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 201 Parallax 201 152% 196 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 634 636 642 639 641 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,903 Write 1,698 Mixed 864 SusWrite 681 287% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.3 205% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 737 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 652 490% 658 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 254%
FM-25S2S-60GBP2 60GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 56GB free Firmware: 2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 61 59 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 176 Write 76 Mixed 102 SusWrite 61.8 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 30.8 117% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 75.3 64% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 89 81 73 85 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 160 Write 116 Mixed 128 SusWrite 86.6 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 31.5 136% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 114 90% 125 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 787GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 190 191 191 191 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 188 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 255GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 92 94 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 60.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 93.3 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2155 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 89%

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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