Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	288% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	45.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	27.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 707 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 122% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,131 Write 1,714 Mixed 1,700 411% 1,848 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 64 249% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 490 DQ Mixed 206 236% 403 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 354%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016)-$184 125 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: AV01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 216015546 (03) Spinup time 88 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 35752206 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -79289391250475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 791347245 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34482 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 103079215149 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 1 216015546 (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 117136643064667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7153269644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2360290976
Poor: 45% Great: 89%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 256GB-$126 448 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 186GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 232 Write 164 Mixed 111 199% 169 MB/s	4K Read 3.55 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.46 52% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 140%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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 $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: 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 $15	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