Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	16GB 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 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 06:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 272 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 756 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 201 Parallax 201 140% 191 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 181 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% 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% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,925 Write 1,254 Mixed 520 270% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 57.7 228% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 1,164 DQ Mixed 955 765% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 73GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 180 157 154 165 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 246 Mixed 259 SusWrite 168 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.6 182% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 150 136% 208 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 93%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 921GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 122 121 121 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 126 Mixed 116 SusWrite 121 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 101%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 3TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 123 122 123 124 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 112 SusWrite 123 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 26.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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