Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	257% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 19:31
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 722 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 116 Parallax 261 115% 173 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 157 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 608 602 602 631 598 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,926 Write 1,821 Mixed 753 SusWrite 686 341% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 56.8 207% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 739 563% 760 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 313%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 167 Write 253 Mixed 149 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 22.7 78% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 82.8 77% 125 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 65%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 112GB free Firmware: 2.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 148 148 117 140 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 443 Write 172 Mixed 236 SusWrite 140 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 174 137% 193 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 114GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 134 133 125 133 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61% Good	Read 131 Write 202 Mixed 156 SusWrite 129 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 35.2 127% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 110 105% 164 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 67%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 195 185 146 64 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 468 Write 191 Mixed 230 SusWrite 144 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 19 113% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 58.4 92% 178 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 141 137 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 122 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 140 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 267GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 120 117 120 116 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 59 SusWrite 119 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 119%

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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 $45Bench 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