Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	225% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 03:24
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 768 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 212 Parallax 202 154% 201 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 186 Splatting 134 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 418GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,153 Write 548 Mixed 734 179% 812 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 52 197% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 203 245% 432 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 246%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,001 Write 1,287 Mixed 1,201 330% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 28.6 194% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 190 158% 215 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8573 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 453 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 203 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5664525536	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 49.2 186% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 84 89% 152 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 189GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,573 Write 550 Mixed 810 214% 978 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 48 197% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 164 204% 357 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 103%

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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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Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	652x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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