Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 05:18
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GUM-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 580 77% 579 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 86.5 55% 71.1 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 74.7 52% 62.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,730 Write 1,571 Mixed 680 293% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 68.5 256% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 1040 DQ Mixed 742 516% 610 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 91GB free Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 436 435 428 432 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 418 Mixed 327 SusWrite 420 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36 141% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 84.7 120% 220 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 167GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 76 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 13 Mixed 41 SusWrite 76.2 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 59%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 233GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 178 178 179 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 176 Mixed 112 SusWrite 178 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.6 343% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
Generic- SD/MMC 129GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 117GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 17 15 17 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 8.3 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 16 20% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 107%

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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	3,186x
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 $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 $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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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