Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	246% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 17:06
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 789 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.16% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.29 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 10.7 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,504 Write 1,358 Mixed 1,355 383% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 31.7 202% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 60.4 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 29.5 44% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 236GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13032 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 251 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5703749010241 (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 89 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 502 Write 251 Mixed 331 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 4.03 95% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 5.09 22% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 182GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10275 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1451 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 147 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44147592037	73.7% Very good	Read 471 Write 132 Mixed 347 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 20.4 117% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 20.2 86% 196 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12333 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1868 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 211 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8384912343	73.1% Very good	Read 504 Write 167 Mixed 354 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 23.5 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 94.1 63% 74 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 165GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12153 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2007 (B1) Unknown 95 95 159 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17690890292	106% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 457 Mixed 491 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.9 144% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 24.3 102% 229 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12291 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1856 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8840898213	76.1% Very good	Read 504 Write 167 Mixed 253 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 23.2 135% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 22.9 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 486GB free Firmware: CC48 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 115 97 84488232 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 58 154698941503 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 2775070277661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7983 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 100 84488232 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50341311673698 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32490718341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 177173569840
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 394GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1690 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4356 (05) Reallocated sector count 190 190 299 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4175 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 154 154 46 (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	56% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.2 Mixed 98.2 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 394GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 181 175 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4413 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2070 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4231 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 91 Mixed 103 75% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.5 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

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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 $90Bench 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