Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.15% 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	262% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 23:23
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$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 below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 68.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 240 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 620 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.09 6% 8.49 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 15.5 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,415 Write 1,224 Mixed 1,375 368% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.6 208% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 244 285% 497 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4671640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -55525337181716 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1924 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 594 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 17 38 47247130641 (C2) HDA temperature 17 38 47247130641 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4671640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4671640 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4671640 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33542 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15129 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15129 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13572	77.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 195 Mixed 239 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 21.1 124% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 50.8 79% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 65 71656109 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6523520 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41811506627231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (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 59 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2159 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 90194313248 (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 -68788196212609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2473025713 (F2) Unknown 100 253 671915158	79% Very good	Read 128 Write 147 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 105%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 179GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 157 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16910 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16887 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.6% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 58 Mixed 55.8 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180618772 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2796 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 262 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 994886766 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2816 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25770197768 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 588906531 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 180618772 (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 117432995858371 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2420472536 (F2) Unknown 100 253 879241116	46.4% Average	Read 76.6 Write 84.9 Mixed 87.2 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 120%

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 4,164 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 $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 $92Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $179	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