Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	261% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 232 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 601 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 176 Parallax 171 132% 170 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 163 Splatting 116 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 903 920 864 833 803 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2234 Write 1,454 Mixed 827 SusWrite 869 298% 1346 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 63.1 224% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,247 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 953 757% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 353%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 148 145 147 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 145 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 313GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 78 79 81 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 77.9 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 124% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 67%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 120GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 33 32 34 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 144 Write 54 Mixed 42 SusWrite 34.5 76% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 141% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2OZ 2x8GB 3,074 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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