Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 93.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 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	May 19 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$285 179,733 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	SC Int 133 SC Float 142 SC Mixed 136 110% 137 Pts	QC Int 425 QC Float 453 QC Mixed 440 100% 439 Pts	MC Int 702 MC Float 796 MC Mixed 760 113% 753 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 113%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$208 20,584 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 192 Reflection 168 Parallax 248 66% 203 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 173 Splatting 118 61% 140 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$150 10,082 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 59GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14742662 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -116823110440616 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 201 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 60131967003 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 60131967003 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14742662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14742662 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14742662 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35184 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14262 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14262 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11636	62.6% Good	Read 498 Write 201 Mixed 212 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 7.19 94% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 66.2 61% 89 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$197 76,138 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8795 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2017 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 166 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6585736093	89.7% Excellent	Read 488 Write 318 Mixed 353 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 23 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 66.1 112% 222 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$185 7,782 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 126%

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Desktop 129%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $285Bench 99%, 179,733 samples	7,572x
Core i5-7600KIntel $215Bench 94%, 55,371 samples	529x
Core i7-6700KIntel $324Bench 90%, 200,391 samples	441x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $107Bench 153%, 134,733 samples	2,305x
GTX 1080Nvidia $510Bench 125%, 228,550 samples	2,167x
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 98%, 309,259 samples	1,518x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $202Bench 234%, 59,120 samples	1,119x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $103Bench 220%, 102,205 samples	960x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 96%, 196,127 samples	815x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $177Bench 84%, 70,881 samples	714x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $175Bench 88%, 43,751 samples	644x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $215Bench 87%, 14,998 samples	338x

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Value: 160% - Outstanding

Total price: $977

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $125
Intel Core i5-8600K $222	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $125

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12