Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	51.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 575 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 70.1 65% 78.3 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 104 85% 104 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 752 749 748 756 752 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,044 Write 964 Mixed 995 SusWrite 757 212% 940 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.3 224% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 1030 DQ Mixed 1,107 830% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 919GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1905 1917 1342 1153 1111 1157 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1,829 Mixed 1,426 SusWrite 1,431 376% 1,675 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64.8 215% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,208 909% 1,219 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 372%
WD Re 1TB (2013)-$65 3,754 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 73.5 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 77%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 641GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 115 114 116 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 115 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD32GX4M2C3200C16 CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 CMD32GX4M2C3200C16 CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 64GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3265, 3265, 3265, 3265 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 21.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 110%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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