Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 23:54
Run Duration	382 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 202 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 323 48% 349 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.9 116% 118 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4295688198 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 184683593763 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590000130 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31 (EA) Unknown 100 100 61 (F1) Unknown 253 253 49 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 475 Write 182 Mixed 203 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 3.09 57% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 4.02 48% 116 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 70%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 112 112 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.4% Good	Read 105 Write 120 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.05 14% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 86%
Generic External 160GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 99GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.6 Mixed 3.07 33% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.35 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%
Mass Storage Device 16GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID 125c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 4.63 Mixed 4.73 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.08 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.97 78% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,945 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 97%

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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