Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 22:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 853 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2004 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 113 91% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 974 Mixed 969 216% 963 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.2 200% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 193 210% 349 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 219GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3312255 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 392923521 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7888 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770196999 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 9196273700 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 19 3312255 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94107028385415 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1177279184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3675256615	54.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 81.6 Mixed 99.6 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 133GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164252575 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 332787315 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3188 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1704884994 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 111671050286 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 20 164252575 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 113 Write 105 Mixed 106 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.44 89% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.9 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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