Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	126% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '21 at 20:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 769 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2382) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (119 fps cap detected)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 96% 119 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 119 Splatting 118 97% 119 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 371 323 323 325 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 488 Mixed 366 SusWrite 356 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.6 224% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 258% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Toshiba KSG60ZMV512G 512GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 157GB free Firmware: ABXA4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 273 222 292 254 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 481 Mixed 238 SusWrite 276 69% 302 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 48 184% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 261 222% 326 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 753GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 145 147 145 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 136 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 146 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

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

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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	3,196x
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	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	220x
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: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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