Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '20 at 22:12
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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-$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 (3^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 56.5 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 170 54% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 545 52% 431 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 118 Parallax 137 104% 127 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 119 Splatting 95.3 99% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,406 Write 3,909 Mixed 3,544 1,018% 4,619 MB/s	4K Read 540 4K Write 255 4K Mixed 337 1,384% 377 MB/s	DQ Read 1,467 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 900 748% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 1148 1138 1148 1118 1178 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 632 Mixed 661 SusWrite 1,139 178% 788 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 67.2 154% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 955 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 322 404% 717 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 282%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M1D3000C16 1x16GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 63%

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

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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	3,189x
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	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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

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