Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	267% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '21 at 00:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$370 634,862 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)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 768 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$325 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 186 Parallax 186 135% 179 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% 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% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 785 756 743 737 695 686 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,327 Write 938 Mixed 780 SusWrite 734 263% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 70.6 250% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,303 DQ Write 1020 DQ Mixed 1,067 824% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 353%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$179 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 13 14 16 18 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$57 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 4R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	13%	84	112	8	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24A4 VG248

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $370Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	2,467x
Core i5-7600KIntel $225Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	169x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	558x
GTX 1080Nvidia $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	461x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	348x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	154x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	134x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	120x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	162x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	118x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	76x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,076

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $153	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16