Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	256% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 17:58
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 262 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 716 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1747 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.8 63% 79.8 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 65 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 965 Mixed 1,356 321% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 255 4K Mixed 51.4 267% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 864 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 258 346% 628 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 494GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 125585640 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2963 (05) Reallocated sector count 66 66 45136 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 233930521 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2823 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 74 120261050406 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 46 403701784 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 648 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17027 (C2) HDA temperature 24 54 42949672984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139397458547466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -34055616530184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125692840698825	92.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 155 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 160GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3763 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3452 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 119 Write 84.4 Mixed 85.5 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 76%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 120GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 111GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 38.9 Write 37.8 Mixed 38.4 49% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 5.01 890% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 20.2 DQ Mixed 8.14 1,013% 14 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 102%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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