Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 134% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	292% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 20:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$314 153,004 User benchmarks - Average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	SC Int 127 SC Float 134 SC Mixed 129 104% 130 Pts	QC Int 424 QC Float 442 QC Mixed 435 98% 433 Pts	MC Int 631 MC Float 691 MC Mixed 672 99% 664 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$380 180,991 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 342 Reflection 298 Parallax 310 102% 317 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 310 Splatting 235 107% 249 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 7,651 User benchmarks - Average bench 267% 356GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,637 Write 1,710 Mixed 1,957 466% 2,101 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 54.8 252% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 50.5 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 247 158% 174 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 325%
Seagate ST8000VN0002-1Z8112 8TB 3 User benchmarks - Average bench 117% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 130554770 (03) Spinup time 88 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 206656778 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 56646323669642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 133146017823 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 690552873 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3134 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 85899345961 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 1 130554770 (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 91027536871804 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6133609585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1736021370
Poor: 113% Great: 120%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$143 10,544 User benchmarks - Average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7775 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6069 (C2) HDA temperature 108 104 44 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.6% Good	Read 114 Write 129 Mixed 129 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$170 723 User benchmarks - Average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%

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Gaming 115%

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Desktop 127%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $215

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $300Bench 100%, 86,986 samples	4,526x
Core i5-7600KIntel $220Bench 95%, 29,394 samples	308x
Core i7-6700KIntel $314Bench 93%, 153,004 samples	240x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $519Bench 126%, 104,800 samples	1,294x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia $767Bench 157%, 40,864 samples	1,223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 100%, 180,991 samples	959x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $235Bench 229%, 16,452 samples	562x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $118Bench 221%, 33,332 samples	534x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 97%, 111,224 samples	517x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $163Bench 84%, 38,697 samples	422x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $180Bench 89%, 23,278 samples	390x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 84%, 3,501 samples	188x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $96
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $491	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $126
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $158	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $842	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $180	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13