Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	217% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 22:51
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 256 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 711 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 177 Parallax 132 104% 146 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 117 Splatting 107 109% 137 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP600 500GB 13,280 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 472 475 483 470 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,345 Write 1,690 Mixed 1,675 SusWrite 492 293% 1,301 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 84.2 278% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,514 DQ Write 583 DQ Mixed 676 598% 924 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 374%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 906 883 671 541 519 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1958 Write 919 Mixed 631 SusWrite 737 234% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 57.9 242% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 373 358% 585 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 243%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 345GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 413 415 426 426 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 397 Mixed 293 SusWrite 400 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 39.2 142% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 198 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 105%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 140GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 906 907 905 904 905 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,031 Write 918 Mixed 682 SusWrite 906 250% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 60 250% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 372 357% 582 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 243%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 105 104 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 78.9 Write 10.4 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 104 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 145 143 144 145 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 147 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 144 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 219% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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