Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.5% 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 Drive105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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)
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime4.7 Days
Run DateJan 13 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 143
2-Core 274
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 669
73% 577 Pts
64-Core 748
46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710
EVGA(3842 2713) 2GB
CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
3.13% Terrible
Lighting 3.57
Reflection 3.27
Parallax 3.25
3% 3.36 fps
MRender 3.76
Gravity 3.47
Splatting 5.35
4% 4.19 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.13%
Great: 4%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.5% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 121
Parallax 94.2
93% 110 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 116
Splatting 102
88% 108 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
334GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
276% Outstanding
Read 2,704
Write 1,356
Mixed 1,484
406% 1,848 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 39.3
220% 82.6 MB/s
DQ Read 517
DQ Write 427
DQ Mixed 182
216% 375 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 276%
Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 411
Mixed 422
100% 447 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 29.1
157% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 83.7
122% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 105%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.7% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 12.7
MC Mixed 10.4
32% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 10.5
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 34.7%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,165 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: 69% - Good Total price: $1,081
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