Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


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 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	115% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 888 94% 749 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 648 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 15 Parallax 10.8 10% 12.8 fps	MRender 17.3 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 14.8 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 165 Parallax 140 124% 153 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 149 Splatting 120 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1020 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 215 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4167686940	101% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.2 174% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 30 38% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 961GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 87 190395440 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1128 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22251939 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1353 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197000 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 39 447231819808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1046 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37970 (C2) HDA temperature 32 61 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 393 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106236016060216 (F1) Unknown 100 253 118979839830916 (F2) Unknown 100 253 127171795267761	90.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 120 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 434GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 97 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2857 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1589 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27338 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 81 81 20095 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (BF) G-sense error rate 8 8 933148 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 274878496794 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18765 (DF) Load/unload retry count 81 81 20095 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1009173	47.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 78.5 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 35GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176124651 (03) Spinup time 95 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 21896308235 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 57 (0C) Power cycle count 92 37 8533 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 70 141739099269 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 119 (BE) vendor-specific 71 43 150828548125 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 20 176124651 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 149 8577	39.6% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 50.8 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 16GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2331 (03) Spinup time 179 170 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8056 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14943 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 40	48.9% Average	Read 94.2 Write 76.4 Mixed 73.8 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 33.8 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 148%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,165 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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