Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 791 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 94% 113 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9668 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1301 (B1) Unknown 95 95 168 (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 74 57 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 59 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17675059534	79.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 313 Mixed 360 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 20.2 124% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 19.5 32% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 110%
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free Firmware: 319ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 73020320785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 132796093831623 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2087 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 36 150326214784 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 73020320785 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 73020320785 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 73020320785 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8330 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15465	64% Good	Read 502 Write 185 Mixed 271 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 12.5 103% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 12.5 27% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3835 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1020 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9338 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 82.1 Write 74 Mixed 77.6 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 297GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8082 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3679 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 15 (BE) vendor-specific 78 25 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 183858 (C2) HDA temperature 125 72 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 57.7 Mixed 57.9 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 41%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 270GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 36.4 Mixed 35.2 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 64%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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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