Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX HERO  (all builds)
Memory23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJul 23 '22 at 18:30
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 243
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 610
67% 528 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 146
Parallax 147
110% 143 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 144
Splatting 85
92% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 186 171 159 173 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 434
Write 409
Mixed 211
SusWrite 168
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 51
191% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 220
190% 283 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 100%
Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 209 209 214 211 214 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 137
Write 145
Mixed 78.1
SusWrite 209
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 106%
Jmicron Generic 1TB
633GB free
Firmware: 0208
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 116 116 116 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
70.8% Very good
Read 129
Write 138
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 116
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.6
223% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
79.1% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 25.4
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 23.9
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,077
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