Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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	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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 06:08
Run Duration	480 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$230 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 148 2-Core 298 97% 179 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 815 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 98.7 77% 99.4 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 765 584 561 550 576 615 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,231 Mixed 753 SusWrite 608 227% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 68.2 251% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 704 641% 985 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 858GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 412 419 419 413 414 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	239% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 402 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 415 229% 319 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 1.6 387% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 239%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 60: 9R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
60%	13%	141	110	6	280	27"	1920 1080	AUS278F VG279QM

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,256x
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	662x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x

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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	174x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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