Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	156% 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	203% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 08:32
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 786 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8667) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 208 Parallax 226 170% 214 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 215 Splatting 172 170% 214 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 219 181 179 192 168 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,901 Write 1,296 Mixed 611 SusWrite 252 224% 1,015 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.8 216% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 589 556% 875 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 770GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 151 150 153 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 173GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 141 144 135 189 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 129 Write 98.5 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 153 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2 3.4 2.5 3.4 2.9 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 4 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 2.8 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $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 $46

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