Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.4% 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	115% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 15:25
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 188 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 535 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 100 Parallax 99.4 82% 100 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 57.2 65% 82.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 405 413 421 417 411 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 451 Mixed 377 SusWrite 412 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.3 178% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 322 252% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 597GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 407 415 422 417 411 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 455 Mixed 407 SusWrite 413 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 54.2 174% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 267GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 827 813 811 820 814 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,623 Write 1,897 Mixed 1,449 SusWrite 871 328% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 55.4 196% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 1,006 730% 953 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 284%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 451GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 96 98 98 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 88 Mixed 65 SusWrite 97.1 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 263GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 167 168 167 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 130 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 167 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 4x8GB 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 116%

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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 $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