Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics128% 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 Drive48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 05 '21 at 20:35
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 71.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 205
73% 131 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 559
60% 475 Pts
64-Core 761
47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 182
Reflection 0.1
Parallax 177
148% 120 fps
MRender 161
Gravity 132
Splatting 121
111% 138 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 128%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 108 5.8 95 53 17 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
48.4% Average
Read 291
Write 173
Mixed 223
SusWrite 51.6
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 47.5
4K Mixed 18
77% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 134
130% 200 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
747GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 74 81 74 83 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 56.7
Write 84
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 76.4
51% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.4
114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
65.6% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 21.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 15.6
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 97.7
41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,116
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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