Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	386% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 18:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 276 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 806 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 125 Parallax 127 108% 128 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2018 1999 1895 1943 1876 1950 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 2,593 Write 1,660 Mixed 1,219 SusWrite 1,947 414% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 90.2 325% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 1,380 DQ Mixed 1,381 1,048% 1,409 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 393%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 25 23 22 22 20 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 374 Write 136 Mixed 196 SusWrite 33.8 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.6 142% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 54.2 71% 133 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 77%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 395GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 110 114 112 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 112 Write 124 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 111 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 110%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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