Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	112% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:18
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 799 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 133 119% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 19 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 56 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 333011133	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.1 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 97.3 132% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 587GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 165337043 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 368920 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 67 538837024 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 32 22 94489280544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 165337043 (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 40673340293139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 723028869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 175336004	97.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 163 Mixed 141 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.28 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $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