Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 02:30
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$232 712,312 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)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 758 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 91% 109 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,028 Write 1,292 Mixed 505 279% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 57 213% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 881 DQ Mixed 628 555% 834 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 368GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 78 78 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 76.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 367GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 89 88 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 87.9 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 288GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 112 114 115 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 168 Write 130 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 113 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 128GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 92 92 90 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 90.6 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 101GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 48 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 47.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 47.9 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 67%
Sabrent Disk Dev 1.5TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 141GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 78.7 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 108 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%
Sabrent Disk Dev 4TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 109 109 110 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 82.5 Write 114 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 108 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 329% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 104%

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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 $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,250x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	761x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	660x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	215x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	187x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	224x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	174x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $229	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397