Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive311% 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.
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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 05 '19 at 03:54
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 129
2-Core 254
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 508
67% 504 Pts
64-Core 506
31% 506 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 142
Parallax 123
114% 135 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 138
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 861 604 606 598 587 586 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
311% Outstanding
Read 2,579
Write 2,299
Mixed 1,435
SusWrite 640
387% 1,738 MB/s
4K Read 68.9
4K Write 192
4K Mixed 95.2
328% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 1,600
DQ Write 1,403
DQ Mixed 1,447
1,099% 1,483 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 311%
Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
54GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 279 278 277 279 279 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 474
Mixed 420
SusWrite 299
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 57.1
200% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 230
208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 116%
Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 174 177 175 178 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 122
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 177
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 96%
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 (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.2% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 21.5
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 21.8
62% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 72.2%
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 4,160 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: 64% - Good Total price: $1,167
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HDDRAMUSB
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