Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 01:11
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 523 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2022 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 99.3 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8371 Write 7,809 Mixed 7,925 1,794% 8,035 MB/s	4K Read 596 4K Write 289 4K Mixed 377 1,538% 420 MB/s	DQ Read 1,813 DQ Write 1,467 DQ Mixed 1,596 1,206% 1,625 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 89GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 42 41 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.3% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 41.4 9% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 14.6 48% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 27.2 20% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 97%
Drevo X1 SSD 256GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free Firmware: P1205A SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 78 29 35 83 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 41.8 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 66.7 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 44.5 136% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 80.8 83% 140 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 214GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5202 Write 11,487 Mixed 9463 6,602% 8,717 MB/s	4K Read 823 4K Write 672 4K Mixed 716 126,323% 737 MB/s	DQ Read 1,319 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,237 11,394% 1,249 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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