Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 161 2-Core 309 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 849 85% 689 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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 6286) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 130 Parallax 108 105% 122 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,954 Write 1,203 Mixed 457 263% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 55.8 228% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 1,013 DQ Mixed 907 720% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 409GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 440 412 317 322 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 478 Mixed 388 SusWrite 345 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 44.1 168% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 343 257% 342 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 752GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 193 193 193 194 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 113 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 191 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 26GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 21 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 35 Write 19.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 18.7 30% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.7 145% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 4x4GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 113%

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

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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	3,209x
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 $45Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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