Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.6% 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	226% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 11:12
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 583 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 98.1 Parallax 79.5 69% 87.5 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 119 94% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 394GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1733 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 941 (B1) Unknown 94 94 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17538262490	88.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 249 Mixed 276 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 33.7 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 72.5 106% 202 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,973 Write 1,083 Mixed 1,207 313% 1,421 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 44.1 195% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 213 235% 401 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 99.8 Mixed 86.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2.45 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.41 247% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 114GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 145 Write 98.8 Mixed 112 145% 119 MB/s	4K Read 4.16 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 1.03 142% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 30.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,161 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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