Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '20 at 19:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 205 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 650 60% 504 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 189 Parallax 165 136% 174 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 170 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,367 Write 651 Mixed 430 178% 816 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 44.3 200% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 808 633% 879 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 284GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 466 472 478 477 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 470 Mixed 389 SusWrite 473 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65.2 218% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 190 190 190 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 155 Mixed 104 SusWrite 188 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.9 441% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,192x
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	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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