Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	326% 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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 21:18
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$242 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 793 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 86% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.2 84% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 794GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1085 1280 1331 1301 1243 1232 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 3,081 Write 2,300 Mixed 980 SusWrite 1,245 422% 1,901 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.5 245% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 1,121 849% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 445%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 493 494 494 494 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 433 SusWrite 494 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.8 210% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 143%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7016 SAMSUNG

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $1,108

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